Allusions to ancestral impropriety: Understandings of arthritis and rheumatism in the contempory Navajo world

Allusions to ancestral impropriety: Understandings of arthritis and rheumatism in the contempory Navajo world

Navajo people frequently attribute occurrences of arthritis and rheumatism to inappropriate contact with menstruating women or menstrual blood. Afflictions such as arthritis and rheumatism are metaphorically linked to ancestral impropriety or immorality.

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Veröffentlicht in:American ethnologist 2001-08, Vol.28 (3), p.650
1. Verfasser: Maureen Trudelle Schwarz
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arthritis
Ethnology
Menstruation
Native North Americans
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Zusammenfassung:Navajo people frequently attribute occurrences of arthritis and rheumatism to inappropriate contact with menstruating women or menstrual blood. Afflictions such as arthritis and rheumatism are metaphorically linked to ancestral impropriety or immorality.
ISSN:0094-0496
1548-1425