by C J Throop (Author)
Examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in an account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. This title focuses on how pain is implicated in the fashioning of particular Yapese understandings of ethical subjectivity and right action.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 12 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0520260570
ISBN 13: 9780520260573