03033nam 2200721Ia 450 991045380420332120200520144314.01-59213-917-51-281-97335-19786611973353(CKB)1000000000579399(EBL)407555(OCoLC)437247321(SSID)ssj0000288369(PQKBManifestationID)12112295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288369(PQKBWorkID)10372607(PQKB)10134088(SSID)ssj0000334449(PQKBManifestationID)11297196(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334449(PQKBWorkID)10271336(PQKB)11604892(MiAaPQ)EBC407555(Au-PeEL)EBL407555(CaPaEBR)ebr10267609(CaONFJC)MIL197335(EXLCZ)99100000000057939920090312d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe African transformation of Western medicine and the dynamics of global cultural exchange[electronic resource] /David BaronovPhiladelphia Temple University Press20081 online resource (260 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-916-7 1-59213-915-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Origins of African Biomedicine; 2 Dissecting Western Medicine; 3 Biomedicine's Civilizing Mission; 4 African Pluralistic Medicine and Its Biomedical Antecedents; 5 African Biomedicine; References; IndexBeginning with the colonial era, Western biomedicine has radically transformed African medical beliefs and practices. Conversely, in using Western biomedicine, Africans have also transformed it. The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global Cultural Exchange contends that contemporary African medical systems-no less "biomedical" than Western medicine-in fact greatly enrich and expand the notion of biomedicine, reframing it as a global cultural form deployed across global networks of cultural exchange.The book analyzes biomedicine as a complex andTraditional medicineAfricaEthnologyAfricaMedicineAfricaHistory19th centuryMedicineAfricaHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Traditional medicineEthnologyMedicineHistoryMedicineHistory306.461096398.353096398/.353096Baronov David860719MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453804203321The African transformation of Western medicine and the dynamics of global cultural exchange1920876UNINA