Mentally ill or chosen by spirits? Shamanic illness and the revival of Kazakh traditional medicine in post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Central Asian Survey

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-51

  Penkala Gawȩcka, Danuta ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Mental illness; Post Soviet Kazakhstan; Shaman; Shamanic illness; spiritual healing

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; MEDICINE; MODERNITY; POST-COMMUNISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 84876103190     PISSN: 02634937     EISSN: 14653354     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2013.771872     Document Type: Article

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