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Format: 1 online resource (136 p.)

ISBN: 9780857450128

Series Statement: Epistemologies of Healing ; 2

Content: Through an ethnography of the social and medical worlds of a community of Tibetan refugees in India, this book addresses two main questions: first, how has the prolonged displacement of Tibetan refugees affected concepts of health in the exile community? Second, how has exile changed traditional Tibetan medical practices? It explores how social changes linked to exile have influenced concepts of health and illness in the Tibetan refugee community of Dharamsala and by looking at recent changes in the theory and practice of traditional Tibetan medicine investigates the role of traditional Tibetan medicine in sustaining public health in the exile community.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Figures and Tables -- , Acknowledgements -- , Note on Transliteration and the Wylie System -- , List of Abbreviations -- , Introduction -- , Part I Inequalities in Exile -- , Chapter 1 ‘Because we are Tibetans …’: Talking about Health -- , Chapter 2 ‘India is the Happiest Place!’: Contextualising Exile -- , Chapter 3 The Pathogenic Nature of Exile -- , Chapter 4 From ‘Old-timers’ to ‘Newcomers’: Social Inequalities in the Diaspora -- , Part II The Role of Traditional Tibetan Medicine -- , Chapter 5 The Mentsikhang: Construing Traditional Authority -- , Chapter 6 Humours on Trial: The Mentsikhang’s Dilemmas -- , Epilogue -- , Glossary of Tibetan Words with Wylie Spellings -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780857450128

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450128

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857450128

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450128

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857450128

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Format: 1 online resource (168 p.)

ISBN: 1-282-62664-7 , 9786612626647 , 0-85745-012-3

Series Statement: Epistemologies of healing ; v. 2

Content: When people are displaced, their social systems move with them. This book investigates what happens to traditional medical systems when they are "uprooted", i.e. when practitioners and patients become displaced, by looking at the transformations of traditional Tibetan medicine among the Tibetan refugee community in India. It addresses how long-term displacement affects concepts of health and examines the success and efficacy of Tibetan medicine in the context of social upheaval.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Title page-Precious pills; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on transliteration and the wylie system; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I-Inequalities in Exile; Ch 1-'Because we are Tibetans...'; Ch 2-'India is the happiest place!'; Ch 3-The pathogenic nature of exile; Ch 4-From 'old-timers' to 'newcomers'; Part II-The role of traditional Tibetan medicine; Ch 5-The mentsikhang; Ch 6-Humors on trial; Epilogue; Glossary of Tibetan words with wylie spellings; Bibliography; Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-84545-457-X

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780857450128