Restoring the balance : : performing healing in West Papua / / Ien Courtens.

Who made Mama Raja ill? This question, buzzing around the village, starts off this anthropological study on healing performances in the context of religious change. The fascinating case is presented of a seriously ill woman of high standing in northwest Ayfat, located in the interior of the Bird’s H...

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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 241.
Physical Description:1 online resource (262 pages)
Notes:Rev. version of the author's doctoral thesis, Radboud University Nijmegen.
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