Keeping the feet of the gods and the saints warm: Mundane pragmatics in times of suffering and uncertainty

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-269

  Van Dongen, Els ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belonging; Illness; Magic; Mundane pragmatics

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAGIC; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RITUAL;

EID: 54249150855     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470802357638     Document Type: Note

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