essay
The healing gift
for the sake of our future: sacrificing in eastern indonesia • 42 • Published In 1996 • Pages: 318-336
By: Platenkamp, Jos. D. M..
Abstract
This study discusses the centrality of gift exchanges between health practitioners and patients. The Tobelo perceive illness as manifestation of a broken relationship between a patient and certain supernatural entities, including the spirits of deceased ancestors. Medical practitioners seek to heal patients by mending the rupture through gift transactions. The author notes the implications of such transactions for understanding sacredness and part-whole relationships.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field Date
- 1979-1980, 1982
- Coverage Date
- 1979-1982
- Coverage Place
- northern Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia
- Notes
- Jos. D. M. Platenkamp
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-336)
- LCCN
- 98104836
- LCSH
- Tobelo (Indonesian people)