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Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands

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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 174
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780874843620
  • Genres
  • anthropology
  • Release date
  • 1978