Emotions and the intergenerational embodiment of social suffering in rural Bolivia

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-415

  Tapias, Maria ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Embodiment; Emotions; Neoliberalism; Social suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CONFLICT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTION; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BOLIVIA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746644196     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2006.20.3.399     Document Type: Article

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