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Cultural Dimensions on Tribal Health: A study among the Santal and the Kora of Jhargram Sub-division District-Midnapore (West), West Bengal, India - Couverture souple

TARAFDAR, PINAK

 
9783843359184: Cultural Dimensions on Tribal Health: A study among the Santal and the Kora of Jhargram Sub-division District-Midnapore (West), West Bengal, India
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3843359180 ISBN 13 : 9783843359184
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Human cultures of the Universe irrespective of its technological complexity- have built up their own medical system that help people to cope up with inevitability of sickness, just as all cultures have religious avenues that deal with the inevitability of death. Medical anthropology tries to understand the concept of health and illness in societies. It also tries to correlate between two absolute truths of life through the cultural point of view. Cultural dimension is a junction point where medical anthropology gets divergence from the mere conception of medical science. The tribal inhabiting in the various parts of the world have their own cultural explanatory model regarding the understanding to health and identifying the causes of various ailment. In the present book an overall discussion on the cultural dimensions of tribal health is made with special reference to the Stantal and the Koras resided in the Jhargram sub-division of District Midnapore (West), West Bengal, India.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Human cultures of the Universe irrespective of its technological complexity- have built up their own medical system that help people to cope up with inevitability of sickness, just as all cultures have religious avenues that deal with the inevitability of death. Medical anthropology tries to understand the concept of health and illness in societies. It also tries to correlate between two absolute truths of life through the cultural point of view. Cultural dimension is a junction point where medical anthropology gets divergence from the mere conception of medical science. The tribal inhabiting in the various parts of the world have their own cultural explanatory model regarding the understanding to health and identifying the causes of various ailment. In the present book an overall discussion on the cultural dimensions of tribal health is made with special reference to the Stantal and the Koras resided in the Jhargram sub-division of District Midnapore (West), West Bengal, India.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Pinak Tarafdar passed M.Sc. (First Class) and obtained Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Calcutta. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal, India. His special area of research interest is Medical Anthropology.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3843359180
ISBN 13 
9783843359184
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
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