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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books
2012.
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798430106719 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Key Informants; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Sylhet and Social Change; Chapter 2 - An Outline Ethnopsychiatry of Sylhet; Chapter 3 - The Relationship Between Madness and Religiosity; Chapter 4 - Sorcery: 'What else do we Bengalis do?'; Chapter 5 - Marriage, Madness and Resistance; Chapter 6 - Spirit Possession, Personal Autonomy and the Law of Allah; Chapter 7 - Muslim Patients, Hindu Healers; Chapter 8 - Female Saints; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
