03000nam 2200709Ia 450 991078243620332120230721004047.01-59213-917-51-281-97335-19786611973353(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 centuryTraditional medicineEthnologyMedicineHistoryMedicineHistory306.461096398.353096398/.353096Baronov David1584478MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782436203321The African transformation of Western medicine and the dynamics of global cultural exchange3868327UNINA