Skill and trust : the tovil healing ritual of Sri Lanka as culture-specific psychotherapy /
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| Author / Creator: | Vogt, Beatrice. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : VU University Press, 1999. |
| Description: | xvi, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sri Lanka studies ; 6 Sri Lanka studies in the humanities and the social sciences ; 6. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4297217 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction: The Tovil in the Gourd
- II. Systems of Healing in Sri Lanka
- III. Meetings with Healers
- IV. A Culture-Specific Psychology
- V. The Healing Ritual as Psychotherapy
- VI. The Cultural Context of the Tovil Healing Ritual
- VII. The Controversy over the Buddhist Context of the Healing Rituals
- VIII. The Tovil in the Kandy Highlands
- IX. Examples of Treatment by Tovil
- X. The Skill of Upasena Gurunnanse
- XI. The Ethic of Upasena Gurunnanse
- App. Interview with Upasena Gurunnanse.
