📕 Susto: A Folk Illness – Rubel, O'Neill & Collado-Ardón

USED – GOOD CONDITION (RARE Hardcover Edition)


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📌 Item specifics

Condition: Used – Good
(Hardcover with visible signs of age. Dust jacket shows scuffs, scratches, and a tear in the upper left corner – see photo. Interior is clean and intact. No writing or highlighting.)

Format: Hardcover

Author: Arthur J. Rubel, Carl W. O'Neill, Rolando Collado-Ardón

Publisher: University of California Press

Language: English

Publication Year: 1984

Pages: 262

ISBN: 9780520051003

Topic: Medical Anthropology, Latin American Folk Medicine, Ethnopsychology

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States



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📝 Description

“Susto: A Folk Illness” is a classic work in medical anthropology, documenting the cultural, psychological, and somatic dimensions of the Latin American folk illness known as susto (or fright illness). Grounded in ethnographic research from Guatemala and Mexico, the book is a key reference in understanding culturally bound syndromes and their interaction with mental health paradigms.

📖 This is a rare and hard-to-find hardcover edition from 1984, published by University of California Press.

🔍 Condition details:
This is a used copy in good condition. The dust jacket has visible wear, including a tear in the top-left corner and general aging (see photos). Internally, the book is clean, with no annotations or loose pages.