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Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
| Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry |
| Autore | Barrett Ron <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/6109542 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical anthropology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs - Rituals Healing - Religious aspects - Aghorīs Leprosy - Treatment - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
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aghor medicine
aghor therapy aghori anthropology ayurveda biomedicines cannibalism charnel grounds conflict coprophagy corpses cremation grounds cremation death hardship healing powers healing health human skulls illness and health india kapalas living naked medical anthropology medical conditions meditation multicultural medicine northern india political organization politics pollution post mortem rites radical ritual bathing ritually polluted substances skull cups stigmatized diseases |
| ISBN |
1-281-38565-4
0-520-94101-2 9786611385651 1-4356-5368-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cosmic Sink -- 2. Fire in the Well -- 3. The Reformation -- 4. The Wrong Side of the River -- 5. Dawā and Duwā -- 6. Death and Nondiscrimination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782162203321 |
Barrett Ron <1963->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mixing medicines : the global drug trade and early modern Russia / / Clare Griffin
| Mixing medicines : the global drug trade and early modern Russia / / Clare Griffin |
| Autore | Griffin Clare |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.45098 |
| Collana | Intoxicating Histories |
| Soggetto topico |
Drug control
Drug traffic Drug dealers |
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America
Christianity Moscow Muscovy Paracelsus Peter Great Russia books botany bureaucracy chemicals corpses doctoring traditions drugs early modern empire global globalization horn intertextuality legislation manuscript materia medica material culture mummies pharmacy prescriptions regulation religion sassafras science theriac trade translation tsars unicorns |
| ISBN |
0-2280-1284-8
0-2280-1283-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia -- Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Editors -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Half Title Page -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Importance of Lekarstva -- PROTECTING THE TSAR -- INTERNAL AFFAIRS -- POLICING THE MARKETPLACE -- MISSION CREEP -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 2: Muscovy's Botanical World -- TRANSLATING THE GARDEN -- PRESCRIBING THE GARDEN -- THE OLD BOTANICAL WORLD -- THE FOURTH PART OF THE WORLD -- EVERYDAY AMERICANA -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: Selling the Chemical Universe -- PARACELSIAN APOLOGIA -- CHEMICAL ABSENCES -- CHEMICAL MEDICINE RISING -- FOLLOWING THE DOCTORS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4: The Problems of the Flesh -- THE MUSCOVITE BODY -- PROBLEMATIC CORPSES -- EVIL SNAKES -- THERIAC REHABILITATED -- MUMIA RETURNS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: The New Textual Authorities -- AUTHORSHIP AND INTERTEXTUALITY -- AUTHENTICATING UNICORN HORN -- LEGISLATING THE MARKET -- THE LETTERS OF THE LAW -- PRINTING ADVICE -- CONCLUSION -- Conclusion -- Appendix One: Ingredients in the Aptechnaia izba prescriptions from 1581-1582 -- Appendix Two: Ingredients in Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich's prescriptions from April-May 1645 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774897203321 |
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Griffin Clare
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| Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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War, memory, and the politics of humor [[electronic resource] ] : the Canard enchaîné and World War I / / Allen Douglas
| War, memory, and the politics of humor [[electronic resource] ] : the Canard enchaîné and World War I / / Allen Douglas |
| Autore | Douglas Allen <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.3/02/07 |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918
French wit and humor - History and criticism Satire, French - History and criticism World War, 1914-1918 - Press coverage - France |
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20th century
armistice battles bodies canard enchaine cannibalism carnage cartoons corpses crossdressing dissent france free press gender great depression great war history humor imperialism injured soldiers journalism leftist politics literary criticism militarism military newspaper periodicals political cartoons political commentary political speech protest satire social commentary soldier war hero war wounded war world war one ww1 |
| ISBN |
9786612356629
1-282-35662-3 0-520-92694-3 1-59734-988-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Satire and Censorship -- 2. Verbal and Visual, Humor and Politics -- 3. Unstuffing Skulls -- 4. The Tears of L'Intran -- 5. Soldiers versus Profiteers -- 6. In Vino Veritas -- 7. Peace or Postwar -- 8. Web of Memory -- 9. Between Cannibalism and Resurrection -- 10. Anti-Imperialism and Its Stereotypes -- 11. Politics as Usual -- 12. Canard Economics, or the Costs of the War -- 13. The Wealth of Nations -- 14. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780078503321 |
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Douglas Allen <1949->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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