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Zusatztext "A deeply moving account. . . . A valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary issues pertaining to Tibetan medicine. . . . Highly Recommended." Informationen zum Autor Sienna Craig is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage Through the Himalaya and coeditor of Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds . Klappentext " Healing Elements is a beautiful ethnography of the practices, products and epistemology of Tibetan Medicine. Through her rich and gifted storytelling of experiences spanning a decade, Craig weaves together a mosaic of the medical and therapeutic engagements of the troubled whole that is Tibetan Medicine today. Healing Elements shows us how this conversation itself constitutes a path toward healing." - Vincanne Adams, Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of California, San Francisco. Zusammenfassung Tibetan medicine has come to represent multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. This title explores how Tibetan medicine circulates through diverse settings in Nepal, China, and beyond as commercial goods and gifts, and as target therapies and panacea for biophysical and psychosocial ills. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Notes on the Use of Non-English Terms List of Acronyms Introduction 1. Portrait of a Himalayan Healer 2. The Pulse of an Institution 3. Lineage and Legitimacy 4. Therapeutic Encounters 5. Good Manufacturing Practices 6. Cultivating the Wilds 7. The Biography of a Medicine Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
