Asian medicine and globalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph S. Alter
| Asian medicine and globalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph S. Alter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/61/095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AlterJoseph S |
| Collana | Encounters with Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Traditional medicine - Asia
Medicine, Ayurvedic - Asia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8122-0525-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Politics of Culture and Medicine -- Chapter 2. Āyurvedic Acupuncture-Transnational Nationalism: Ambivalence About the Origin and Authenticity of Medical Knowledge / Alter, Joseph S. -- Chapter 3. Deviant Airs in "Traditional" Chinese Medicine / Lo, Vivienne / Schroer, Sylvia -- Chapter 4. Reinventing Traditional Medicine: Method, Institutional Change, and the Manufacture of Drugs and Medication in Late Colonial India / Habib, S. Irfan / Raina, Dhruv -- Chapter 5. Health and Medicine in British India and Dutch Indies: A Comparative Study / Kumar, Deepak -- Chapter 6. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Politics of "Traditional" Indian Medicine for HIV/ AIDS / Hollen, Cecilia Van -- Chapter 7. Mapping Science and Nation in China / Chen, Nancy N. -- Chapter 8. Sanskrit Gynecologies in Postmodernity: The Commoditization of Indian Medicine in Alternative Medical and New Age Discourses on Women's Health / Selby, Martha Ann -- Chapter 9. China Reconstructs: Cosmetic Surgery and Nationalism in the Reform Era / Brownell, Susan -- Notes -- References -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463247503321 |
| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asian medicine and globalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph S. Alter
| Asian medicine and globalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph S. Alter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/61/095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AlterJoseph S |
| Collana | Encounters with Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Traditional medicine - Asia
Medicine, Ayurvedic - Asia |
| Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Folklore Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies |
| ISBN | 0-8122-0525-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Politics of Culture and Medicine -- Chapter 2. Āyurvedic Acupuncture-Transnational Nationalism: Ambivalence About the Origin and Authenticity of Medical Knowledge / Alter, Joseph S. -- Chapter 3. Deviant Airs in "Traditional" Chinese Medicine / Lo, Vivienne / Schroer, Sylvia -- Chapter 4. Reinventing Traditional Medicine: Method, Institutional Change, and the Manufacture of Drugs and Medication in Late Colonial India / Habib, S. Irfan / Raina, Dhruv -- Chapter 5. Health and Medicine in British India and Dutch Indies: A Comparative Study / Kumar, Deepak -- Chapter 6. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Politics of "Traditional" Indian Medicine for HIV/ AIDS / Hollen, Cecilia Van -- Chapter 7. Mapping Science and Nation in China / Chen, Nancy N. -- Chapter 8. Sanskrit Gynecologies in Postmodernity: The Commoditization of Indian Medicine in Alternative Medical and New Age Discourses on Women's Health / Selby, Martha Ann -- Chapter 9. China Reconstructs: Cosmetic Surgery and Nationalism in the Reform Era / Brownell, Susan -- Notes -- References -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787526003321 |
| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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