The body that knows: From Cashinahua epistemology to a medical anthropology of lowland South America

Title: The body that knows: From Cashinahua epistemology to a medical anthropology of lowland South America
Description: Develops an anthropology of the body in its material and social environment among the Cashinahua from Brazilian and Peruvian Amazonia.
Defends the proposition, then, that prior condition for any medical anthropology in the Cashinahua case is thorough examination of Cashinahua epistemology.
Creator: Cecilia McCallum
Source: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 10.3. Sept 1996. p. 347-372.
GN296 MAQ NO.3 1996.
Date: 1996
Contributor: seah
Format: Article journal

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Cecilia McCallum, “The body that knows: From Cashinahua epistemology to a medical anthropology of lowland South America,” Rimbunan: Pangkalan Data Pengajian Melayu, accessed September 29, 2026, https://rimbunan.nusa.my/rimbun/items/show/14976.

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