Patients and agents : mental illness, modernity, and Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh

Patients and agents mental illness, modernity, and Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh

Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects...

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Autor principal: Callan, Alyson (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books 2012.
Edición:First edition
Materias:
Mental health > Bangladesh > Sylhet.
Mental illness > Bangladesh > Sylhet.
Country life > Bangladesh > Sylhet.
Civilization, Modern > 1950-
Sylhet (Bangladesh) > Social life and customs.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798430106719

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