| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The Body Therapeutic; 2 The Power of Sight; 3 Sound: Good Vibrations; 4 Knowing Touch: Bodywork; 5 The Sixth Sense: Intuition; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References |
| Summary |
Alternative therapies, once the province of the hippie counterculture, are now a mainstream phenomenon. But they are more than a medical and economic sensation. At once spiritual and bodily, medical and recreational, they are an enormously popular cultural practice bound up with the pleasure-seeking drive of consumer culture as well as with spiritual and neo-liberal values. Complementary and Alternative Medicine critically examines this phenomenon - which some denounce as the triumph of superstition over reason - by asking practitioners themselves what makes these therapies so appealing. Dra |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780857853127 |
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0857853120 |
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