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Misfortune and Therapy among the Lisu of Northern Thailand

Bibliographic Data

ID2582434
AuthorsE Paul Durrenberger (corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume52
Issue4
Pages204
Publication date1979-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropological Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5491 • E-ISSN: 1534-1518
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3317854
OpenAlexW2315678526
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

This article addresses the question, are sick people treated as they are? and proposes an answer in terms of the Lisu theory of misfortune. The author discusses the availability of different types of therapies and presents statistical data on the use of therapies and how they relate to the economic situations of households. He then asks why the theory of misfortune, in particular the notions of disease, diagnosis, and therapy, should take the form it does and develops an analysis in terms of Kuhn 's idea of paradigms

Geography · Misfortune · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,07
Citation span1997 - 2014 (18)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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