Perceptions of health, illness and healing in a Sichuan village, China

<p>This thesis explores attitudes to the body, illness and healing in contemporary rural China through the prism of Pierre Bourdieu's notion of <em>habitus</em>. It is divided in two parts. <em>Part 1</em> aims to situate attitudes to the body in the specific soci...

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Main Author: Lora-Wainwright, A
Other Authors: Hsu, E
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
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