Fluent bodies : Ayurvedic remedies for postcolonial imbalance

Fluent bodies : Ayurvedic remedies for postcolonial imbalance / Jean M. Langford.

'Fluent bodies' examines the modernisation of the indigenous healing practice, Ayurveda, in India. It combines contemporary ethnography with a study of key historical moments as glimpsed through early 20th century texts.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Langford, Jean (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.
Series:Body, commodity, text.
Subjects:
Medicine, Ayurvedic > Social aspects.
Traditional medicine > India.
Culture.
Therapeutics.
Ethnology.
Anthropology.
Social sciences.
culture note.
anthropology.
social sciences.
treating (health care function)
culture (concept)
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Therapeutics
Social sciences
Ethnology
Culture
Anthropology
Traditional medicine
India
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Table of Contents:
  • (Re)inventingAyurveda
  • Ayurvedic Interiors
  • Healing National Culture
  • The Effect of Externality
  • Clinical Gazes
  • Medical Simulations
  • Parodies of Selfhood.

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