Remembering to Live : Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural Indonesia.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (360 pages)
- Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, Memory Series .
- Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, Memory Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Less than Healthy -- 1. Written on the Body -- 2. Learning Sasak Anatomy -- Interlude: Learning to Be Vulnerable -- 3. A World Full of Dangers -- 4. Agents of Coping -- Part II Coping with Illness -- Case Study: An Ill Child -- 5. Naming an Illness -- 6. Winged Words: The Politics of Communication about Illness -- 7. Communication Slippages: Interactions with Biomedicine -- Denouement: Epitaph for Lo Budin -- 8. Time to Remember -- 9. Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge -- Epilogue: The Irony of Knowledge -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
An ethnographic exploration of health, illness, and healing among a poor, rural Indonesian people.