Narrative and the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing

These essays inspired by the possibilities of narrative, each present stories of illness and healing drawn from a range of ethnographic contexts. Recognizing the value of theoretical consciousness among those eliciting and analyzing narratives, these essays explore a variety of perspectives.

• | Author: Cheryl Mattingly, Linda C. Garro
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2001
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780520218253
• | ISBN-10: 0520218256