Revisiting Usog, Pasma, KulamThe author explains the social and cultural contexts of usig, pasma, kulam, and other folk illnesses in the Philippines. |
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Contents
Introduction Deconstructing Health and Illness | 1 |
Defining the Framework for Analysis Health Illness and Medicine | 17 |
Usog Bangungot and Other Mystical Theories of Illness Causation | 29 |
The Engkanto Mangkukulam and Aswang Personalistic Theories of Illness Causation | 55 |
Pasma Hangin and Naturalistic Theories of Illness Causation | 76 |
From Illness to Health | 112 |
Abbreviations Used | 143 |
References Cited | 145 |
Common terms and phrases
ailments aswang bangungot beliefs and practices blood body Buhid Bukidnon buyag cause illness cause of illness Cebuano child Christian cites cold concepts contagion context culture defined described disease EM’s emotions engkanto environmental spirits ethnographies evil example explain Filipino ethnic groups Garvan germ health and illness health professionals hiyang hot/cold human humoral pathology Ifugao illness causation Ilokano Ilongots individual instance jocano juramentado Kapampangan Kulbi Leyte Lieban look MacDonald Malay Mangyan means medical anthropology medical systems mother Muslim mystical retribution mystical theories natural natural environment naturalistic theories Negrito norms notion one’s particularly pasma patient people’s perceived perceptions person Philippine languages Philippines pregnant refer relationships result rinawa rituals Rosaldo sakit Samar sickness social society sorcery soul loss suggest suicide susceptibility to illness syndrome taboos Tagalog Tagbanuwa Tausug term theories of illness traditional medicine usog Visayan Visayan languages widespread witch women
Bibliographic information
| Title | Revisiting Usog, Pasma, Kulam |
| Authors | Michael L. Tan, Michael T. Tan |
| Publisher | UP Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 9715425704, 9789715425704 |
| Length | 163 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
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