Healing the whole: questioning the boundaries between medicine and religion in Rakhine, Western Myanmar
Based on fieldwork conducted among the Buddhist population living in Rakhine State, Myanmar, between 2005 and 2011, this article elucidates how people deal with health and illness and related uncertainties by relying on a multiplicity of conceptions and practices associated with Buddhism, astrology,...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
June 2020
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 49-71 |
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Therapy
B Myanmar B Social behavior B Buddhism B Disease B Health B Buddhist B Traditional medicine |
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