Mal'uocchiu: Ambiguity, Evil Eye, and the Language of Distress

by Sam Migliore

Book Overview

The evil eye has received considerable attention in the literature of disciplines as diverse as anthropology and medicine. Researchers have attempted to identify and explain this essentially ambiguous and variable phenomenon from a number of perspectives - as a culture-bound syndrome, an idiom of distress, a mechanism of social control, and a representation of psychobiological fear. In Mal'uocchiu: Ambiguity, Evil Eye, and the Language of Distress,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802079229
• ISBN13: 9780802079220
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher