| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Epistemologies of healing ; volume 17 |
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Epistemologies of healing ; v. 17.
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| Contents |
Mercurial assemblages and analytical bricolage -- Chinese medicine unbound -- From imaginative geography to collective lobotomy -- Power in technique and techniques of power -- Making sense and sensation -- Heat, health, and the experienced environment -- Of nutrients and nourishment -- Positionality, power, and the politics of representation |
| Summary |
"Since the turn of the century Singapore has sustained a reputation for both austere governance and cutting-edge biomedical facilities and research. Seeking to emphasize Singapore's capacity for "modern medicine" and strengthen their burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry, this image has explicitly excluded Chinese medicine - despite its tremendous popularity amongst Singaporeans from all walks of life, and particularly amongst Singapore's ethnic Chinese majority. This book examines the use and practice of Chinese medicine in Singapore, especially in everyday life, and contributes to anthropological debates regarding the post-colonial intersection of knowledge, identity, and governmentality, and to transnational studies of Chinese medicine as a permeable, plural, and fluid practice"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2022) |
| Subject |
Medicine, Chinese.
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Medicine -- Singapore
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Medical anthropology.
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Anthropology, Medical
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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Medical anthropology
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Medicine
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Medicine, Chinese
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| SUBJECT |
Singapore |
| Subject |
Singapore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018030008 |
| ISBN |
9781785337956 |
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1785337955 |
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