The Mindful Body: A Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology
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Summary
After discussing ways in which anthropologists, other social scientists, and people from various cultures have conceptualized the body, the study of emotions holds promise for providing a new approach to the subject.
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- article
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- 1987-03-01
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- 2,240
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- 135
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Keywords
Body politic, Viewpoints, Sociology, Medical anthropology, Mind–body problem
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