Kuru, a fatal neurological disease thought to be transmitted through cannibalism, is examined in the Fore, a New Guinea people afflicted with the disease, who believe it to be caused by sorcery. The author also discusses Fore beliefs about diagnosis and prevention of other diseases.
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Excellent Ethnography, but Needing an Update,
By Hagen LeBray (Flagstaff, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology) (Paperback)
I have used *Kuru Sorcery* for several university courses. It's a great book for its time (1978), but so much has been learned about *kuru* (a spongiform encephalopathy related to Mad Cow Disease) since this book was published. Anyone who reads or uses this book (which is a first-rate ethnography, as far as it goes) must add his or her own "appendix" or "final chapter." I recommend this book, with the understanding that the prospective reader will need to complete the amazing picture that Lindenbaum painted as best she could at the time of her writing it.
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This is by the woman that SOLVED an epidemic!,
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This review is from: Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology) (Paperback)
Shirley Lindenbaum is the anthropologist who discovered the key to kuru. And this book is a marvelous, brief, readable introduction to medical anthropology. I use it every single semester for every class I teach.
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A decieving title but good ethnographic content,
By Rachel Miller (US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology) (Paperback)
I was not impressed by this book, particularly by the title. Only a small portion is dedicated to explaining kuru and its causes/effects on the Fore. The rest of the book is an ethnographic description of the life of the Fore, their reaction to kuru, and the ultimate outcome. In short, kuru is a disease of the CNS caused by cannablism (similar to mad cow disease). The studies take place around the '70s, and by then cannablism was on the decline, and resultingly the disease also became rare. This dry read was hard to get through and quite disappointing because of the decieving title. I would not recommend it unless the reader is genuinely interested in learning more about the Fore of New Guinea. It's interesting for a medical anthropologist, but not a casual read.
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