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Closure as cure: tropes in the exploration of bodily and social disorder
Current anthropology • 27 (2) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 107-120
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Herzfeld examines evil eye (THIARMOS) from a semiotic perspective. He makes a distinction between the experience and expression of illness. The experience of pain from evil eye is one of a tension headache, which can include nausea and backache. The illness expresses 'personal inadequacy,' 'damaged identity,' and 'social failure.' The less powerful are more prone to the symptoms of evil eye and the more powerful are thought to be its agents. Herzfeld argues that curing spells restore order by invoking a cosmology and bring closure by delineating the body.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theory of disease
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Magic
- Numerology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Greeks
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-19841
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1974-1984
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Glendi', Crete, Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Michael Herzfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-120)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 63000576
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece