Eghindi Among Sahrawi Refugees of Western Sahara
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Healing war wounds and perfuming exile: the use of vegetal, animal, and mineral products for perfumes, cosmetics, and skin healing among Sahrawi refugees of Western Sahara
BACKGROUND Over the past decade, there has been growing interest within ethnobiology in the knowledge and practices of migrating people. Within this, scholars have given relatively less attention to displaced people and refugees: to the loss, maintenance, and adaptation of refugees' ethnobiological knowledge, and to its significance for refugees' wellbeing. This study focuses on cosmetics and r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Anthropology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0145-9740,1545-5882
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2013.844129