The Promised Medicine
Fore Reflections on the Scientific Investigation of Kuru
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18934429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annette Beasley (0000-0001-9571-7626, Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author), A N Beasley (Victoria University of Wellington) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 186-202 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2006.tb03044.x |
| OpenAlex | W2030051723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 30 |
This paper explores the oral narratives of five South Fore men who assisted with the scientific investigation of kuru. Drawing on the framework of the dramaturgic form of epidemics, the narratives start with childhood memories of the social crisis at the height of the kuru epidemic. With the arrival of the European scientists they build to a climax of optimism over the prospect of a cure for kuru and enhanced personal futures before descending into disillusionment over the scientists' departure and a return to traditional village life
Art · Ethnology · Futures contract · Kuru · Literature · Narrative · Optimism · Sociology · History · Medicine · Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Private Memory, Public Records, and Contested Terrain
Liberation
Typologies of Memory and Forgetting among the Expatriates of Rabaul
Kuru
Narrating Social Structure
Re-Describing Society
True Transgressions
Bigfellow Man Belong Business in New Guinea
Kuru Truths
Kuru, Prions, and Human Affairs
The Possession of Kuru
Mining Workers or 'Opportunist' Tribesmen
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2010 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |