"The divine impatience": Ritual, narrative, and symbolization in the practice of martyrdom in Palestine

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-30

  Pitcher, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RELIGION; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0032011440     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1998.12.1.8     Document Type: Article

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