Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology)

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ISBN-10:

0874843626

ISBN-13:

9780874843620

Edition: First Edition
Released: Oct 01, 1978
Format: Paperback, 174 pages

Description:

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.

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