Mudpacks and prozac : experiencing Ayurvedic, biomedical, and religious healing / / Murphy Halliburton

• Autore: Halliburton Murphy <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Walnut Creek, CA, : Left Coast Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 954.83; 954/.83
• Soggetto topico: Traditional medicine - India - Kerala; Cultural psychiatry - India - Kerala; Medicine, Ayurvedic - India - Kerala; Healing - Social aspects - India - Kerala; Human mechanics - India - Kerala
• Soggetto geografico: Kerala (India) Social life and customs
• Note generali: First published 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Three Therapies of South India; 3. Lives and Problems; 4. Experiencing the World from Body to Atman; 5. Cooling Mudpacks: The Aesthetic Quality of Therapy; 6. Conclusion: Pleasure, Health and Speed; Appendix A: Semi-Structured Interview Questions; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: People seeking psychiatric healing choose from an almost dizzying array of therapies-from the medicated mud packs of Ayurveda, to the pharmacopeia of Western biomedicine, to the spiritual pathways of the world''s religions. How do we choose, what do the treatments offer, and how do they cure? In Mudpacks and Prozac, Murphy Halliburton investigates the very different ways in which Ayurvedic, Western, and religious (Christian, Muslim, and Hindu) healing systems define psychiatric problems and cures. He describes people''s embodied experiences of therapies that range from soothing to frightening
• Titolo autorizzato: Mudpacks and Prozac
• ISBN: 1-315-42427-4; 1-315-42428-2; 1-315-42429-0; 1-59874-729-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819216403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II