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Examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in an account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. This title focuses on how pain is implicated in the fashioning of particular Yapese understandings of ethical subjectivity and right action.

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"A highly readable and engaging book ... [a] masterful contribution to the growing scholarly literature on pain." American Ethnologist

Suffering and Sentiment

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/02/2010
      ISBN13: 9780520260580, 978-0520260580
      ISBN10: 0520260589

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in an account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. This title focuses on how pain is implicated in the fashioning of particular Yapese understandings of ethical subjectivity and right action.

      Trade Review
      "A highly readable and engaging book ... [a] masterful contribution to the growing scholarly literature on pain." American Ethnologist

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