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Objectified selves: An analysis of medicines in Andean sacrificial healing

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Title

Objectified selves: An analysis of medicines in Andean sacrificial healing

Description

The analysis of medicines used in Quechua soul-calling ritual in the southern Peruvian Andes demonstrates that the items in sacrificial bundles (despachos) embody the identity of patients.

Creator

Christine Greenway

Source

Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 12.2. June 1998. p. 147-167.
GN296 MAQ NO.2 1998

Date

1998

Contributor

seah

Format

Article journal