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Rahvameditsiinist meditsiinifolkloristikani
From Folk Medicine to Medical Folkloristics

Author(s): Birgitte Rørbye
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum

Summary/Abstract: Overview about research in medical folkloristics during the recent 50 years. The author emphasises that the focal point of research must always be the cultural analysis of the process of the formation and the complexity of various concepts and images. Source: Rørbye, Birgitte 1992. From folk medicine to medical folkloristics. - Reimund Kvideland et al. (ed.). Folklore Processed. In honour of Lauri Honko on his 60th Birthday 6th March 1992. Studia Fennica Folkloristica 1. NIF Publications 24. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, pp. 190-199.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 7-19
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Estonian