Fluent Bodies - Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance

"This rich study incorporates a wide range of contemporary and historical materials to make wonderful theoretical interventions into the literature on Ayurveda and India. Langford pulls the reader into a new understanding of the nuanced relationships between history, nation, modernity, clinical debate, and the practices of Ayurveda."--Vincanne Adams, author of "Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution"

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. (Re)inventing Ayurveda
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2. Ayurvedic Interiors
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3. Healing National Culture
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4. The Effect of Externality
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5. Clinical Gazes

6. Medical Simulations
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7. Parodies of Selfhood
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Epilogue

Interlocutors
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Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jean M. Langford is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.

Zusammenfassung

An ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jean M. Langford, Langford, Jean M Langford, Jean M. Langford
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 02.10.2002
• EAN: 9780822329312
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2931-2
• Seiten: 328
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Gewicht: 603 g
• Serien: Body, Commodity, Text; Body, Commodity, Text: Studies; Body, Commodity, Text; Body, Commodity, Text: Studies
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Ganzheitsmedizin; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges