Roman Sieler

Broschiertes Buch

Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets

Medicine and Martial Arts in South India

Beschreibung

This book provides an ethnographic study of varmakkalai, or 'the art of the vital spots,' a South Indian esoteric tradition that combines medical practice and martial arts.

Autor

Roman Sieler has a PhD in cultural anthropology from South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University (2011) as well as experience in development cooperation with regard to health issues in South Asia. His research interests include siddha medicine and the transmission and practice of non-institutionalized forms of health care in India, especially bonesetting and other forms of manual medicine. Currently, Sieler is Assistant Professor of anthropology at the South Asia Institute, where he coordinates the MA program "Health and Society in South Asia." He is also an affiliate postdoctoral researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry, India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780190243869
• ISBN-10: 0190243864
• Artikelnr.: 42483707