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Illness categories and action strategies in a Tarascan town
American ethnologist • 5 (1) • Published In 1978 • Pages: 81-97
By: Young, James Clay.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This ethnomedical study covers terms, attributes, and beliefs regarding illness. Using cluster analysis, the author finds that illnesses are classified according to internal or external causes, the seriousness of disease, and the stage of life in which it occurs, with little of the hot-cold distinction typical of Mesoamerica.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Morbidity
- Theory of disease
- Medical therapy
- Cosmology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tarascans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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; 2023
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1975-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pichátaro, Tingambato Municipality, Michoacán, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- James C. Young
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 96)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarasco Indians