Illness Beliefs and Feeding the Dead in Hindu Nepal: An Ethnographic AnalysisAnalyzes villagers' cultural use of food and food symbols and contrasts Hindu Nepalese social ideology with that of the Western world, where individualism and equality are expressed and valued. |
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THE VILLAGE OF DHUNGAGAUN | 1 |
AN ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY | 27 |
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | 59 |
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