In Search of Ultimate Health

Informationen zum Autor By Emily S. Wu Klappentext This book provides a historically, socially, and culturally-contextualized portrayal of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a complementary and alternative medical profession in the United States. Zusammenfassung This book provides a historically! socially! and culturally-contextualized portrayal of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a complementary and alternative medical profession in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePersonal BeginningIntroductionChapter 1: ContextualizationChapter 2: History of Local TCMChapter 3: Medical Training and Identity FormationChapter 4: TCM Healers in the Chinese CommunityChapter 5: TCM as Complementary MedicineChapter 6: TCM as Alternative MedicineChapter 7: Creating a Space for Psychic HealingChapter 8: Going to the Culturally AuthenticChapter 9: Environmentalism and Lifestyle ChangesChapter 10: The Happenings in an Acupuncture ClinicChapter 11: The Embodied Spirituality of QiChapter 12: Ideal Body and the Concept of HealthChapter 13: Concluding Analysis

Product details

• Authors: Emily S. Wu
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9780739173664
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7366-4
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications, HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Black & Asian Studies, Traditional medicine and herbal remedies, Chinese medicine & acupuncture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Anthropology;Health;Medicine;Religion