Blood and ink: Treatment practices of traditional Palestinian women healers in Israel

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-49

  Popper Giveon, Ariela ^a   Ventura, Jonathan J ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Palestinians; Traditional healing; Women healers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349646282     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0065.104     Document Type: Article

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