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Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing
Arvilla Payne
Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing
Arvilla Payne
This pioneering work examines the rich folk medicine of Jamaican. The authors analyse the historical and linguistic aspects of folk medicine, based on their research, extensive fieldwork and interviews. They explore the sociological and ethnological dimensions of common healing practices and Jamaica's biodiversity, in both flora and in fauna.
248 pages, map
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 30, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9789766401238 |
Publishers | University of the West Indies Press |
Pages | 248 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 358 g |
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