UID:
almafu_9959232432102883
Format:
1 online resource (480 p. )
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ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-26191-7
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0-674-02054-5
Content:
When did the West discover Chinese healing traditions? Most people might point to the "rediscovery" of Chinese acupuncture in the 1970's. In Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts, Linda Barnes leads us back, instead, to the thirteenth century to uncover the story of the West's earliest known encounters with Chinese understandings of illness and healing. A medical anthropologist with a degree in comparative religion, Barnes illuminates the way constructions of medicine, religion, race, and the body informed Westerners' understanding of the Chinese and their healing traditions.
Note:
Originally published: 2005.
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Front matter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Introduction --
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CHAPTER 1. First Impressions: Until 1491 --
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CHAPTER 2. A New Wave of Europeans: 1492-1659 --
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CHAPTER 3. Model State, Medical Men, and "Mechanick Principles": 1660-1736 --
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CHAPTER 4. Sinophiles, Sinophobes, and the Cult of Chinoiserie: 1737-1804 --
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CHAPTER 5. Memory, History, and Imagination: 1805-1848 --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Abbreviations --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-02397-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674020542
