Title Medicine and memory in Tibet : amchi physicians in an age of reform / Theresia Hofer

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) Series Studies on ethnic groups in China Studies on ethnic groups in China. Contents The Tibetan medical house -- Medicine and religion in the politics and public health of the Tibetan state -- Narrative, time, and reform -- The medico-cultural revolution -- Reviving Tibetan medicine, integrating biomedicine -- Looking at illness -- Glossary Summary "Medicine on the Margins explores the ways in which Tibetan medical doctors have preserved and revitalized aspects of Tibetan medicine over the past fifty years. During decades of forced sociopolitical and economic upheaval in Tsang Province of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region--with medical texts destroyed or hidden, teachers and lamas imprisoned or otherwise silenced, and almost all trade in medicinal ingredients halted--they had little hope that their 'science of healing' (Sowa Rigpa) would again flourish. Today, however, Tibetan medicine is in vogue, promoted by the Chinese Communist Party as a pillar industry of Tibet and a valuable asset of Tibetans' 'nationality minority culture.' For urban Tibetans, traditional medicine is one of the few areas where a relatively liberal expression of Tibetan identity and language is possible. In urban, medically pluralistic settings it is an easily available resource, while in remote areas, its practice and transmission to the younger generation faces many challenges. The passing away of the last practitioner of a certain pulse-reading or compounding of an herbal formula, for example, could mean the end of a long chain of transmission. For reasons of lack of access, continued repression of nonofficial histories, fear, and loss of living memory, Tibetan medical doctors--the so-called amchi--have been little studied. This volume presents their story, showing how practitioners from Tsang have retained crucial links in the teaching of medical knowledge despite the near-annihilation of monastic Buddhism and 'medical houses'"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 14, 2018) Subject Medicine, Tibetan -- History -- 20th century Medicine, Tibetan -- History -- 21st century Physicians -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Memory -- Social aspects -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Social networks -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Ethnicity -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Social change -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History Medicine -- History. Medicine, Tibetan Traditional History of Medicine Physicians -- history Ethnicity -- history Social Change -- history history of medicine. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. MEDICAL -- Atlases. MEDICAL -- Essays. MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Medicine Ethnicity International relations Medicine, Tibetan Memory -- Social aspects Physicians Social change Social conditions Social networks Memoire -- Aspect social -- Chine -- Tibet (Chine) -- 21e siecle. Memoire -- Aspect social -- Chine -- Tibet (Chine) -- 20e siecle. Anthropologie medicale -- Chine -- Tibet (Chine) -- Histoire -- 21e siecle. Anthropologie medicale -- Chine -- Tibet (Chine) -- Histoire -- 20e siecle. Ethnomedecine -- Chine -- Tibet (Chine) -- Histoire -- 21e siecle. Ethnomedecine -- Chine -- Tibet (Chine) -- Histoire -- 20e siecle. Medecins tibetains -- Histoire -- 21e siecle. Medecins tibetains -- Histoire -- 20e siecle. Medecine tibetaine -- Histoire -- 21e siecle. Medecine tibetaine -- Histoire -- 20e siecle. SUBJECT Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Social conditions Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Relations -- China China -- Relations -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region Tibet China Subject China China -- Tibet Autonomous Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017029406 ISBN 9780295743004 029574300X

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