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Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology)

Name: Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology)
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paperback – October 1, 1978

by Lindenbaum, Shirley

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ISBN-13: 9780874843620 ISBN-10: 0874843626

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Brand: Mayfield Publishing Company

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paperback

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October 1, 1978

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0.7 lbs

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21.60×0.90×15.20 cm

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Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology) by Lindenbaum, Shirley. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780874843620.

Kuru, a fatal neurological disease thought to be transmitted through cannibalism, is examined in the Fore, a New Guinea people afflicted with the disease, who believe it to be caused by sorcery. The author also discusses Fore beliefs about diagnosis and prevention of other diseases.