Needles, herbs, gods, and ghosts : China, healing, and the West to 1848 / / Linda L. Barnes

• Autore: Barnes Linda L
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 610.951
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Chinese; Medicine - Asia - History
• Note generali: Originally published: 2005.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographcial references (p. 374-436) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. First Impressions: Until 1491 -- CHAPTER 2. A New Wave of Europeans: 1492-1659 -- CHAPTER 3. Model State, Medical Men, and "Mechanick Principles": 1660-1736 -- CHAPTER 4. Sinophiles, Sinophobes, and the Cult of Chinoiserie: 1737-1804 -- CHAPTER 5. Memory, History, and Imagination: 1805-1848 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When did the West discover Chinese healing traditions? Most people might point to the "rediscovery" of Chinese acupuncture in the 1970's. In Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts, Linda Barnes leads us back, instead, to the thirteenth century to uncover the story of the West's earliest known encounters with Chinese understandings of illness and healing. A medical anthropologist with a degree in comparative religion, Barnes illuminates the way constructions of medicine, religion, race, and the body informed Westerners' understanding of the Chinese and their healing traditions.
• Altri titoli varianti: China, healing, and the West to 1848
• Titolo autorizzato: Needles, herbs, gods, and ghosts
• ISBN: 0-674-26191-7; 0-674-02054-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812739603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II