LEADER 03129nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910808017003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-85745-775-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780857457752 035 $a(CKB)2550000001108950 035 $a(EBL)1337740 035 $a(OCoLC)855505462 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000954454 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11529093 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000954454 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10942813 035 $a(PQKB)10516572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1337740 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1337740 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10745034 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL509037 035 $a(DE-B1597)636283 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780857457752 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001108950 100 $a20121210d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManufacturing Tibetan medicine $ethe creation of an industry and the moral economy of Tibetanness /$fMartin Saxer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 0 $aEpistemologies of Healing ;$v12 225 0$aEpistemologies of healing ;$vv. 12 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-85745-772-1 311 $a1-299-77786-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aManufacturing 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 330 $a Within a mere decade, hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of the People's Republic of China have been converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nationwide market. While these developments are depicted as a big success in China, they have also been met with harsh criticism in Tibet. At stake is a fundamental (re-)manufacturing of Tibetan medicine as a system of knowledge and practice. Being important both to the agenda of the Party State's policies on Tibet and to Tibetan self-understandi 410 0$aEpistemologies of Healing 606 $aMedicine, Tibetan$xMoral and ethical aspects$zChina 606 $aMedicine, Tibetan$xPractice$zChina 615 0$aMedicine, Tibetan$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aMedicine, Tibetan$xPractice 676 $a610.951 676 $a610.951 700 $aSaxer$b Martin$f1971-$01145785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808017003321 996 $aManufacturing Tibetan medicine$94021856 997 $aUNINA