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

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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, m...

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Main Authors: Volpato Gabriele, Kourková Pavlína, Zelený Václav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/49