Jean M Langford

Fluent Bodies

Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This rich study incorporates a wide range of contemporary and historical materials to make wonderful theoretical interventions into the literature on Ayurveda and India. Langford pulls the reader into a new understanding of the nuanced relationships between history, nation, modernity, clinical debate, and the practices of Ayurveda."--Vincanne Adams, author of "Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780822329312
• ISBN-10: 082232931X
• Artikelnr.: 21908979

Autorenporträt

Jean M. Langford is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. (Re)inventing Ayurveda
> 2. Ayurvedic Interiors
> 3. Healing National Culture
> 4. The Effect of Externality
> 5. Clinical Gazes
6. Medical Simulations
> 7. Parodies of Selfhood
> Epilogue
Interlocutors
> Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index