Mudpacks and Prozac - Experiencing Ayurvedic, Biomedical, and Religious Healing

Informationen zum Autor Murphy Halliburton Klappentext Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems. Foregrounding questions of embodiment and aesthetics, Murphy Halliburton challenges our understandings of mental illness and of the transformative processes typically evaluated as acure.a Zusammenfassung Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements1 Introduction2 Th ree Th erapies of South India3 Lives and Problems4 Experiencing the World from Body to ¿tman5 Cooling Mudpacks: Th e Aesthetic Quality of Therapy6 Conclusion: Pleasure, Health and SpeedAppendix A: Semi-Structured Interview QuestionsReferencesIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Murphy Halliburton
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2009
• EAN: 9781598743999
• ISBN: 978-1-59874-399-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Alternative therapies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories