Aghor Medicine - Pollution, Death, and Healing in Northern India

Zusatztext "Fascinating in its exploration. . . . Adeptly introduces the reader to this system of healing and would be a worthwhile read for anyone interested in multicultural medicine." Informationen zum Autor Ron Barrett is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropological Sciences at Stanford University. Klappentext " Aghor Medicine moves seamlessly between an ethnography of religion and medical anthropology. The stories of suffering and renunciation! of collective experience that turn Indian hierarchy and discrimination upside down are quite marvelous. The writing is clear and direct and the interpretations balanced and scrupulously documented. Barrett has written one of the best accounts on local traditions "modernizing" in ways that combine indigenous significance with globally crucial changes that react against health and social inequalities."-Arthur Kleinman! Harvard University "Ronald Barrett's fine account of aghor medicine reveals essential characteristics of India's popular culture! and! since an ashram in California has an important role in the story! of American popular culture as well."-Charles Leslie! author of Death Row Letters (forthcoming) Zusammenfassung The Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. This book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. It examines a range of Aghor therapies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Foreword Jonathan P. Parry Note on Transliteration! Abbreviations! and Names Acknowledgments Introduction The Cosmic Sinks Fire in the Well The Reformation The Wrong Side of the River Dawa and Duwa Death and Nondiscrimination Conclusion Glossary Notes References Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Ron Barrett, Ron/ Parry Barrett, Ronald L Barrett, Ronald L. Barrett, Barrett Ronald L.
• Assisted by: Jonathan P. Parry (Foreword), Parry Jonathan P. (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2008
• EAN: 9780520252196
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25219-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism, complementary medicine, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies