The unmaking and making of self: Embodied suffering and mind-body healing in Brazilian Candomblé

Ethos

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-320

  Seligman, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a Department of Anthropology ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955353902     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2010.01146.x     Document Type: Article

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