Tarantism

/ˈtæɹəntɪzm/

Synonyms for "tarantism" (6 found)

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Noun(2 words)
cultural bound syndromedance mania

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
dancing mania

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
ethnomedical termhistorical syndromemass hysteria

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dance ritualtarantella

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cultural bound syndromedancing maniaethnomedical literaturemass hysteriatarantella

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This dancing mania or tarantism prevailed during the whole of the 17th century — and Baglivi, one of the best physicians of that time, made it the subject of a dissertation. He supports his history of the symptoms by the testimony of his father, […]

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The position depicted is often seen to characterize rituals of tarantism, used for centuries in southern Italy and elsewhere to treat victims of the tarantula's bite, expressing personal and social crises (De Martino 2005).

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