The Healing Power of the Gift Healing Services and Remuneration in Rakhine (Western Myanmar)
Based on data that have been collected during several field trips to Rakhine State, this article describes the way the movements of services and goods in the healing sector take place and are interpreted by local people and outlines the factors underlying these performances and interpretations and t...
Subtitles: | Special Issue: Comparative anthropology of Buddhist transactions: moving beyond the Maussian terminology of the "gift." |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2015]
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In: |
Religion compass
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 11, Pages: 404-422 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Arakan
/ Theravada
/ Health system
/ Generosity
/ Service rendered
/ Reciprocity (Sociology)
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
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