Umfang:
Online-Ressource (vi, 187 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0812238664
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9780812205251
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9780812238662
Serie:
Encounters with Asia
Inhalt:
As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Politics of Culture and Medicine -- 2. Ayurvedic Acupuncture-Transnational Nationalism: Ambivalence About the Origin and Authenticity of Medical Knowledge -- 3. Deviant Airs in "Traditional" Chinese Medicine -- 4. Reinventing Traditional Medicine: Method, Institutional Change, and the Manufacture of Drugs and Medication in Late Colonial India -- 5. Health and Medicine in British India and the Dutch Indies: A Comparative Study -- 6. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Politics of "Traditional" Indian Medicine for HIV/AIDS -- 7. Mapping Science and Nation in China -- 8. Sanskrit Gynecologies in Postmodernity: The Commoditization of Indian Medicine in Alternative Medical and New-Age Discourses on Women's Health -- 9. China Reconstructs: Cosmetic Surgery and Nationalism in the Reform Era -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-176) and index
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction: The Politics of Culture and Medicine""; ""2. Ayurvedic Acupuncture-Transnational Nationalism: Ambivalence About the Origin and Authenticity of Medical Knowledge""; ""3. Deviant Airs in ""Traditional"" Chinese Medicine""; ""4. Reinventing Traditional Medicine: Method, Institutional Change, and the Manufacture of Drugs and Medication in Late Colonial India""; ""5. Health and Medicine in British India and the Dutch Indies: A Comparative Study""
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""6. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Politics of ""Traditional"" Indian Medicine for HIV/AIDS""""7. Mapping Science and Nation in China""; ""8. Sanskrit Gynecologies in Postmodernity: The Commoditization of Indian Medicine in Alternative Medical and New-Age Discourses on Women's Health""; ""9. China Reconstructs: Cosmetic Surgery and Nationalism in the Reform Era""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
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""X""""Y""; ""Z""; ""Acknowledgments""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812238662
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Asian Medicine and Globalization
Sprache:
Englisch
