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Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands
Kuru Sorcery Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands
Author: Shirley Lindenbaum
Kuru, a fatal neurological disease thought to be transmitted through cannibalism, is examined in the Fore, a New Guinea people afflicted with the disease, who believe it to be caused by sorcery. The author also discusses Fore beliefs about diagnosis and prevention of other diseases.
ISBN-13: 9780874843620
ISBN-10: 0874843626
Publication Date: 10/1/1978
Pages: 174
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Book Type: Paperback
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