Healing at the Periphery by Laurent Pordi
The contributors to Healing at the Periphery examine Sowa Rigpa, or Tibetan medicine, and the central part practitioners of Tibetan healing known as amchis play in Indian Himalayan communities and the exile Tibetan community.
These wonderfully detailed ethnographic studies look at 'Tibetan Medicine' from the peripheries and the grass roots of Indian Himalayan regionsA diverse and populous amchi medicine is here revealed as plural, embedded in communities and in history, and much valued by sick and healthy people alike. This volume promises to completely recast and thoroughly pluralize Tibetan studies and Asian medical history. -- Judith Farquhar, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of Chicago
Laurent PordiÉ is Senior Researcher, Research Unit on Science, Medicine, Health, and Society at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
Stephan Kloos is the Acting Director of the Institute for Social Anthropology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Stephan Kloos is the Acting Director of the Institute for Social Anthropology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781478013525 |
| ISBN 10 | 1478013524 |
| Title | Healing at the Periphery |
| Author | Laurent Pordi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2022-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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