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Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325., Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325., Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325., Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325. Medical World of the Tribals: Explorations in Illness Ideology, Body Symbolism and Ritual HealingRobin D. Tribhuwan9788171414086, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325., Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325., Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325., Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. New. Social Science couple of years, studies on ethnomedical beliefs and practices of various Groups have gained a great deal of significance to health administrators, planners, and policy makers, World over. Social Science Research on indigenous health systems, have No Doubt Contributed in developing culturally acceptable health care and health educational programmes. The present Study provides an indepth understanding of the symbolism in tribal medicine, with reference to their concept of Disease etiology, body symbolism ethnophysiology, Nature and role of ethnomedical specialists, Mother and child health practices, ethnomedical therapies, ritual healing, and health seeking behavior. The theoretical and methodological contributions made by the author will help social and health Scientists to lake up Comparative studies in ethnomedicine. This piece of work will certainly be useful to students and research scholars of Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science, Social work, Medical psychology, Ethnobotany, Development Planning, Preventive and social Medicine, Medical Doctors working in the Rural and tribal areas, administrators and planners belonging to Tribal Development and Health Departments of both non-Government and Government Organizations. Besides this, it will also develop interest among general readers as well. Contents, Chapter I : INTRODUCTION : 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Aims and Objective of the Study 3. Justification of the Study 4. Review of Literature 5. Concepts of Medicine 6. Definition of Ethnomedicne 7. Areas of Ethnomedicine 8. Illness Ideology 9. Illness as Social Sanction 10. Illness as Deviance 11. Illness as an Indication of Social System Performance 12. Illness as Disruption of the Cultural Order 13. Ethnomedical Therapy 14. Nature & Role of Ethnomedical Specialists 15. Ritual Healing 16. Diverse Opinions of What a Ritual is? 17. Ritual 18. Socio Cultural Functions` of Rituals 19. Symbolism in Ritual Healing 20. Body Symbolism 21. Preventive Medicine 22. Theoretical Considerations 23. Ethnomedicine : A Symbolic System Research 24. Postulates Chapter II : RESEARCH Methodology : 1. Research Setting 2. The People 3. Justification for Selecting the Thakurs 4. Method of Data Collection 5. Research Tools and Techniques 6. Genealogical Method 7. Documentation Method 8. Participant Observation 9. On Becoming a Shaman (Bhagat) 10. Doing Away with Religious Biasness 11. Sampling Plan 12. Variables of the Study 13. Data Processing and Analysis Chapter III : Ethnography OF THE THAKURS : 1. The Population, Distribution & Its Origin 2. Their Physical Features 3. Dress Pattern 4. Settlement Pattern 5. Economic Life 6. Family Life 7. Marriage 8. Kinship 9. Religion 10. Death and Funerals 11. Maternal and Child Health Care Beliefs and Practices of the Thakurs 12. food Habits of the Thakurs 13. Menstruction and Ritual of Purification 14. Concepts and Normative Behaviour During Pregnancy 15. Child birth 16. Treatment of Umbilical Chord 17. Preventive Rituals 18. Cultural Norms Imposed on a Barren Women 19. Rites Performed on the Death of a Barren Women 20. Significance and Meanings Attached Chapter IV : ILLNESS Ideology : 1. Disease Causation Concepts : i. Possession of Evil Spirits ii. Sexual Intercourse with Evil Spirits iii. Sexual Intercourse with Menstruating Woman iv. Evil Eye (Dnsti Lagne) v. Witchcraft and Sorcery vi. Disruption of Human Relationships with Ancestral Spirits vii. Disruption of Human Relationship with Cosmic Entities Forces viii. Disruption of Thakur Relationship with Other Tribes and Caste Groups ix. Failure to Perform Divine Duty or Rite x. Deviance from Culturally Set Norms and Ort House Construction/Design xi. Loss of Basic Bodily Equilibrium Because oft of Excessive Heat or Cold In the Bod Printed Pages: 325. Medical World of the Tribals: Explorations in Illness Ideology, Body Symbolism and Ritual HealingRobin D. Tribhuwan9788171414086, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2010, 6, Robert Hale Ltd, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. During the three hundred years 1450 to 1750, when one of the chief sports of Europe was the torture and execution of alleged witches, many innocent old women - and men - met their death at the stake or on the gallows on the evidence of children alone. The evidence of these children was often the most fantastic, yet men of intelligence, from learned divines to High Court judges, accepted all as true. In many cases the children themselves instituted the charges of witchcraft, by exhibiting generally recognised symptoms of bewitchment - fits, visions, vomiting of extraordinary objects, levitation and so on. All these symptoms were diagnosed as genuine, but in many cases it can now be shown that the children were consummate actors. The author has taken a number of the outstanding English cases in which children were the accusers, recounting the evidence in detail and then analysing it in the light of modern knowledge. His selection includes the famous Children of Warboys case, which sparked off similar cases in England as well as the notorious Salem witch trials in New England, and several of the cases of imposture which were so recognised at the time, such as those of Thomas Darling, the Burton Boy, and William Perry, the Bilson Boy. The result of Mr. Seth's examination provides one of the most fascinating studies of children and child psychology to appear in recent years. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 190 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, light wear to corners, now in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Silver titles spine. red cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo. plates. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Witchcraft; Witch Trials; Psychology & Psychiatry; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4191. ., Robert Hale Ltd, 1969, 3.5, Milano: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2007. Lugano, Galleria Gottardo, May 23 - August 25, 2007. English Text. Milano, 2007; hardback, pp. 140, 661 b/w ill., cm 24,5x28. (The Brignoni Collection. Museo delle Culture. Città di Lugano. 2). The larger works represent ancestors, shamanic priests and spirits, or are anthropomorphic poles, used for sacrificial rituals or as architectural elements, with carved zoomorphic figures. About ten of these are veritable masterpieces of ethnic art. The word Patong usually denoted the ancestral spirits or deities of nature, which were carved on the occasion of the death of a member of the village, or to commemorate the capture of an enemy in battle. When these sculptures were used to represent a dead person, they could also incarnate the immortal spirit before it started its long and dangerous journey towards the afterlife. Together with the larger objects, some smaller items of the Dayak culture, for example, a ba' baby-carrier, a kelebit shield, and four tun-tun hunting sticks will be exhibited. The exhibition, curated by Francesco Paolo Campione, director of the Lugano Museum of Cultures, is structured in three sections: the first represents the relationship between men, animals and the spiritual forces of nature; the second is dedicated to the relationship between men and their ancestors, the subject of the "good death" and the supranatural sphere; the third section focuses on some of the most important creative and expressive features of the works in exhibition. Each of these three areas is introduced by an object of exceptional importance, and which constitutes a kind of identifying element for the specific section. The artworks are put in contrast to one another through their stylistic assonances and dissonances, making the exhibition architecture even more intriguing also from an optical point of view. The set-up and especially the alternation of lights and shadows makes it possible to "reveal" details that are not visible at first sight, due to the strong expressiveness of the different objects taken as a whole., Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2007, 0<

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Austell, GA: University of Texas Press, 2005. 1st Paperback Ed. Top outside corner bumped, overall content excellent. Paperback. 4to. 224 Pgs.. Nr Fine. Conjunto published by University… Mehr…

Austell, GA: University of Texas Press, 2005. 1st Paperback Ed. Top outside corner bumped, overall content excellent. Paperback. 4to. 224 Pgs.. Nr Fine. Conjunto published by University of Texas Press, Austell, GA, 2005. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. Top outside corner bumped, overall content excellent. 121 Pgs. ISBN 0292709315. LCCN 2004028730. Preface & captions by Joe Nick Patoski, introduction by Juan Tejeda. Conjunto has been called Chicano roots music. Born when South Texas Tejanos adopted the button accordion from German settlers in the 1800s, this vibrant folk music mixes the accordion, bajo sexto guitar, bass, and drums to play lively, danceable versions of German polkas, waltzes, and schottisches, as well as Mexican corridos, boleros, and cumbias. This book presents an album of color photos of the most important and influential performers, as well as the dance halls and other venues where people come to enjoy their music. John Dyer captures the dynamic spirit that animates conjunto musicians in his dramatic photos, which are captioned with micro-biographies of the performers. Interspersed among the images are English and Spanish lyrics that exemplify the poetry and themes of conjunto music. Description text copyright 2009 BooksForComfort. Item ID 19537., University of Texas Press, 2005, 4, Milano: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2007. Lugano, Galleria Gottardo, May 23 - August 25, 2007. English Text. Milano, 2007; hardback, pp. 140, 661 b/w ill., cm 24,5x28. (The Brignoni Collection. Museo delle Culture. Città di Lugano. 2). The larger works represent ancestors, shamanic priests and spirits, or are anthropomorphic poles, used for sacrificial rituals or as architectural elements, with carved zoomorphic figures. About ten of these are veritable masterpieces of ethnic art. The word Patong usually denoted the ancestral spirits or deities of nature, which were carved on the occasion of the death of a member of the village, or to commemorate the capture of an enemy in battle. When these sculptures were used to represent a dead person, they could also incarnate the immortal spirit before it started its long and dangerous journey towards the afterlife. Together with the larger objects, some smaller items of the Dayak culture, for example, a ba' baby-carrier, a kelebit shield, and four tun-tun hunting sticks will be exhibited. The exhibition, curated by Francesco Paolo Campione, director of the Lugano Museum of Cultures, is structured in three sections: the first represents the relationship between men, animals and the spiritual forces of nature; the second is dedicated to the relationship between men and their ancestors, the subject of the "good death" and the supranatural sphere; the third section focuses on some of the most important creative and expressive features of the works in exhibition. Each of these three areas is introduced by an object of exceptional importance, and which constitutes a kind of identifying element for the specific section. The artworks are put in contrast to one another through their stylistic assonances and dissonances, making the exhibition architecture even more intriguing also from an optical point of view. The set-up and especially the alternation of lights and shadows makes it possible to "reveal" details that are not visible at first sight, due to the strong expressiveness of the different objects taken as a whole., Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2007, 0<