Name: Spirits With Scalpels: The Cultural Biology of Religious Healing in Brazil
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Author: Sidney M Greenfield
ISBN: 9781598743685

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

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Physical Book

Author

Sidney M. Greenfield

Publisher

Routledge

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.39

ISBN

1598743686

ISBN13

9781598743685

Edition No.

Synopsis "Spirits With Scalpels: The Cultural Biology of Religious Healing in Brazil"

"The first time I witnessed a Spiritist surgery, a young man named Jose Carlos Ribeiro inserted a used scalpel taken from a tray that I was holding, and plunged it into the eye of an elderly man. The patient did not move...." Decades of fieldwork later, Sidney Greenfield presents a riveting 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. In a major contribution to cultural biology, he analyses the complex social, economic, and political landscape of Brazil to understand dramatic healing practices that seem to defy medical explanation. This engrossing and provocative book will put students and scholars alike on the edge of their seats.

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