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Informationen zum Autor Audrey Prost is a lecturer in International Health at University College London. Klappentext Through an ethnography of the social and medical worlds of a community of Tibetan refugees in India, this book addresses two main questions: first, how has the prolonged displacement of Tibetan refugees affected concepts of health in the exile community? Second, how has exile changed traditional Tibetan medical practices? It explores how social changes linked to exile have influenced concepts of health and illness in the Tibetan refugee community of Dharamsala and by looking at recent changes in the theory and practice of traditional Tibetan medicine investigates the role of traditional Tibetan medicine in sustaining public health in the exile community. Zusammenfassung Through an ethnography of the social and medical worlds of a community of Tibetan refugees in India, this book addresses two main questions: first, how has the prolonged displacement of Tibetan refugees affected concepts of health in the exile community? Second, how has exile changed traditional Tibetan medical practices? Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Note on transliteration and the Wylie system List of abbreviations used Introduction PART I: INEQUALITIES IN EXILE Chapter 1. "Because we are Tibetans": Talking about health Chapter 2. "India is the happiest place!" Contextualising Exile Chapter 3. "If this place doesn't agree with you, wounds and diseases will come" Chapter 4. From "old-timers" to "newcomers": inequalities in the Diaspora PART II: THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL TIBETAN MEDICINE Chapter 5. The Mentsikhang: Construing Authority Chapter 6. Humours on trial: the Mentsikhang's dilemmas Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index ...
