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Gubida illness and religious ritual among the Garifuna of Santa Fe, Honduras: an ethnopsychiatric analysis
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Bianchi, Cynthia Chamberlain.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed study of an illness called HASANDIGUBIDA, believed by the Garifuna to be caused by the spirits of dead relatives. The author points out that while this illness seems to cross-cut various biomedical classifications of disorder, there is a strong indication that the characteristic behavioral symptoms of this 'disease' are culturally patterned, especially in regard to the stereotypical dreams and visions involving dead relatives demanding food and sacrifices. Failure to heed these demands would result in physical symptoms characteristic of the HASANDIGUBIDA illness, which seem to express somaticized anxiety. This condition may be viewed as a culture-bound reactive syndrome (p. 2). As background material to this study, Bianchi provides relevant theoretical data on possession states and therapeutic rituals, as well as on the physical environment, social organization, culture history, and religion. She then goes into great detail on the illness itself, the CHUGU and DUGU rituals of placation, and on concomitant possession trances accompanying these rituals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dance
- Sickness
- Cult of the dead
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garifuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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 America
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1989-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Santa Fe, Honduras
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Cynthia Chamberlain Bianchi
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbus, Ohio State University, 1988
- UM8820253
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-387)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)