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"

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Jean M Langford, Jean M. Langford
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2002
• EAN: 9780822329480
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2948-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 233 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Series: Body, Commodity, Text; Body, Commodity, Text: Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous