03006nam 2200601 a 450 991045310970332120200520144314.00-85745-775-6(CKB)2550000001108950(EBL)1337740(OCoLC)855505462(SSID)ssj0000954454(PQKBManifestationID)11529093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000954454(PQKBWorkID)10942813(PQKB)10516572(MiAaPQ)EBC1337740(Au-PeEL)EBL1337740(CaPaEBR)ebr10745034(CaONFJC)MIL509037(EXLCZ)99255000000110895020121210d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrManufacturing Tibetan medicine[electronic resource] the creation of an industry and the moral economy of Tibetanness /Martin Saxer1st ed.New York Berghahn Books20131 online resource (304 p.)Epistemologies of healing ;v. 12Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-772-1 1-299-77786-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Manufacturing Tibetan Medicine; Series: Epistemologies of Healing; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration and Transcription; List of Abbreviations; Map of Tibet; Chapter 1: Introduction: Perspectives on Tibetan Medicine; Chapter 2: The Creation of an Industry; Chapter 3: Manufacturing Good Practice; Chapter 4: Raw Materials, Refined; Chapter 5: Knowledge, Property; Chapter 6: The Aesthetic Enterprise; Chapter 7: The Moral Economy of Tibetanness; Chapter 8: Conclusions; Glossary; References; Index Within a mere decade, hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of the People's Republic of China have been converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nationwide market. While these developments are depicted as a big success in China, they have also been met with harsh criticism in Tibet. At stake is a fundamental (re-)manufacturing of Tibetan medicine as a system of knowledge and practice. Being important both to the agenda of the Party State's policies on Tibet and to Tibetan self-understandiEpistemologies of HealingMedicine, TibetanMoral and ethical aspectsChinaMedicine, TibetanPracticeChinaElectronic books.Medicine, TibetanMoral and ethical aspectsMedicine, TibetanPractice610.951Saxer Martin1971-924700MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453109703321Manufacturing Tibetan medicine2075612UNINA