The Promised Medicine

Fore Reflections on the Scientific Investigation of Kuru

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18934429
AutoresAnnette Beasley (0000-0001-9571-7626, Victoria University of Wellington, autor de correspondencia), A N Beasley (Victoria University of Wellington)
Año2006
Volumen76
Número2
Páginas186-202
Fecha de publicación2006-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4461.2006.tb03044.x
OpenAlexW2030051723
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas30

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