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‘I am dying of man’: The pathology of pollution

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This paper is concerned with illnesses in men that the Huli people of Papua New Guinea ascribe to sexual intercourse at a time deemed dangerous. Against the background of the complex of beliefs surrounding sexuality and reproduction, cases of such illnesses are analysed to determine the critical variables in the selection of this diagnosis and in the choice of strategies of management.

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  • Glasse, R. M. 1965 ‘The Huli of the Southern Highlands’. In Gods, Ghosts and Men in Melanesia, ed. by P. Lawrence and M. 7. Meggitt. Oxford University Press.

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  1. Dept. of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, USA

    Stephen Frankel

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Frankel, S. ‘I am dying of man’: The pathology of pollution. Cult Med Psych 4, 95–117 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051429

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