Name: GOD JUST RITU HEAL SOC JUST CENT HIMAL C: Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas
Author: William S. Sax
ISBN: 9780199887392

GOD JUST RITU HEAL SOC JUST CENT HIMAL C: Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas

William S. Sax

Author Description

In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based on ten years' ethnographic fieldwork, God of Justice shows how these practices are part of a moral system based on the principle of family unity.

Page Count:
300

Publication Date:
2009-01-01

ISBN-10:
019988739X

ISBN-13:
9780199887392

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