Book
Illness and healing among the Sakhalin Ainu: a symbolic interpretation
Cambridge University Press • Cambridge, [eng.] • Published In 1981 • Pages:
By: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book describes the views of the Ainu of Sakhalin island, northern Japan, concerning illness and medicine. It discusses these issues as parts of the highly complex universe of the Ainu in which deities, demons and human beings form three major constitutes. In doing so, the author also provides a critical evaluation of theories in symbolic, structural, linguistic and medical anthropology, and suggests possible directions for theoretical developments of these fields.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Theory of disease
- Medical therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- General character of religion
- Magic
- Gender status
- Pharmaceuticals
- Historical reconstruction
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethnobotany
- Ethnozoology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ainu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1966, 1969, 1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sakhalin island, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80024268
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ainu--Medicine