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Suffering and sentiment : exploring the vicissitudes of experience and pain in Yap /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Throop, C. Jason
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Medical anthropology > Micronesia (Federated States) > Yap.
Pain > Treatment > Micronesia (Federated States) > Yap.
Table of Contents:
  • Girdiiq nu Waqab ("people of Yap")
  • From land to virtue
  • Sentiment and social structure
  • Subjectivity, embodiment, and social action
  • Privacy, secrecy, and agency
  • Yapese configurations of pain and suffering
  • Stories told
  • Dysphoric moments : a case study.