| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 189 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Anthropological horizons ; 10
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Anthropological horizons ; 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Pirandello, Wittgenstein, and the Evil Eye""; ""Representations of the Evil Eye in the Literature""; ""2 The Ethnographic Context""; ""The Research Site: A Geographic and Historical Background""; ""The Fieldwork Experience""; ""3 The Power of Strong Emotions: Constructing the Sicilian-Canadian Evil-Eye Complex""; ""Mal'uocchiu in the Context of Sicilian-Canadian World-View""; ""Etiology, Strong Emotions, and the Illness Process""; ""Diagnostic and Therapeutic Measures""; ""Protecting Oneself against Mal'uocchiu"" |
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""Summary and Discussion: Deconstructing an Image of the Evil Eye""""4 Mal'uocchiu and the Language of Distress""; ""Explanation and Rationale for Taking Action""; ""Illness Narratives and the Experience of Distress""; ""Alterazione: A Healer's Conception of Distress""; ""Discussion""; ""5 Mal'uocchiu in Everyday Experience""; ""The Language of Distress and the Communication of Alternative Messages""; ""Mal'uocchiu, Social Control, and the Language of Argument""; ""Summary: Mal'uocchiu as Metaphor""; ""6 Extending the Web of Significance"" |
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""Mal'uocchiu: Powerful Symbol or Meaningless Chatter?""""Summary""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""Family Resemblance: The Variable Meaning of Mal'uocchiu""; ""Implications for Anthropological Investigation""; ""Epilogue""; ""GLOSSARY OF SICILIAN TERMS AND PHRASES""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""I""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""Z""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Evil eye.
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Evil eye. |
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Evil eye -- Italy -- Sicily.
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Italy -- Sicily. |
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Italian Canadians -- Social life and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Migliore, Sam. Mal'uocchiu. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1997 080200959X (OCoLC)317480728 |
| ISBN |
9781442676947 (electronic book) |
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1442676949 (electronic book) |
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080200959X (bound) |
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0802079229 (paperback) |
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9780802079220 |
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9780802009593 |
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