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Author:
Schwarz, Maureen Trudelle, 1952-
Title:
"I choose life" : contemporary medical and religious practices in the Navajo world / Maureen Trudelle Schwarz.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xi, 380 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Navajo Indians--Medicine.
Navajo Indians--Religion.
Surgery.
Traditional medicine--Southwest, New.
Christianity and other religions--Shamanism.
Medicine, Traditional.
Indians, North American.
Religion and Medicine.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-369) and index.
Contents:
Christianity, biomedicine, and the Native American church -- The politics and language of well-being -- Sources of pathosis -- The exchange of life substances -- Surgery and disposal of body parts -- Transplants.
Series:
New directions in Native American studies ; v. 2
ISBN:
9781615899500
1615899502
9780806139616 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0806139617 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780806139418 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0806139412 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)191732298
LCCN:
2008002278
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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