On humour and pathology: The role of paradox and absurdity for ideological survival

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-142

  Cardeña, Ivette ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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ANTHROPOLOGY; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMOR; IDEOLOGY; IMAGERY; LOGIC; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0037786641     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470301267     Document Type: Review

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