Robert R Desjarlais: 2 books
Counterplay
An Anthropologist at the Chessboard
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
"Chess gets a hold of some people, like a virus or a drug," writes Robert Desjarlais in this absorbing book. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, Desjarlais guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges,...
Body and Emotion
The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Body and Emotion is a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. In order to investigate this relationship, Robert R. Desjarlais served as an apprentice healer among the Yolmo Sherpa, a Tibetan Buddhist people who reside in the Helambu region of north-central Nepal.