Virginidad, Anorexia y Brujería: El Caso de la Pequeña Ismenia.

Thisessay discusses an atypical case of anorexia nervosa from the vantage point of cultural psychiatry. The discussion presents a hermeneutic analysis of the illness narrative of a patient, a youngwoman of semi-rural background, and her family circle, in particular her mother, with the aim to single...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alberto Uribe Tobón., Rafael Vásquez rojas., Santiago Martínez Medina., Carolina Castro.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) 2006-12-01
Series:Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología
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Online Access:http://antipoda.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/39/1.php#*