Healing rituals: A critical performative approach

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-306

  Sax, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALING; HUMAN; INDIA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 10944224991     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847042000296572     Document Type: Review

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