Illness is a matter of concern in every society. Social responses to it depend both on the nature of the illness and on cultural interpretation of its significance. This study of the occurrence, recognition and explanation of illness amongst the Gnau makes use of its author's dual training in medicine and anthropology to show why, how far, and in what respects these people of a forest village in New Guinea turn to their religious and magical knowledge in the distress of illness. The analyis shows how a study of ilness can reveal belief and open an illummatlng and crucial perspective on a society's view of its world.

Knowledge of Illness in a Sepik Society A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology)

Politics & Social Sciences

Lewis, Gilbert

Anthropology

Athalone Press University of London

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Knowledge of Illness in a Sepik Society A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology)