Yolmo aesthetics of body, health and 'soul loss'.
Social science & medicine (1982) May 1992 R R Desjarlais
To date, little attention has been paid to the cultural philosophies of experience which shape human behavior. The present paper contends that culturally constituted 'aesthetics' of everyday life underlies moments of health, illness and healing among Yolmo Sherpa of Helambu, Nepal. The author examines cultural understandings of bodily and social experience to show how implicit aesthetics--from...