Spirits with Scalpels: The Cultural Biology of Religious Healing in Brazil

by SidneyM.Greenfield (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $41.33

  Presents an ethnography of the complex world of religious healing in Brazil that challenges readers to grapple with the most fundamental concepts of anthropology and cross-cultural experience. This title analyses the social, economic, and political landscape of Brazil to understand dramatic healing practices that seem to defy medical explanation.