| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Epistemologies of healing ; volume 12 |
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Epistemologies of healing ; v. 12.
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| Contents |
Manufacturing Tibetan Medicine; Series: Epistemologies of Healing; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration and Transcription; List of Abbreviations; Map of Tibet; Chapter 1: Introduction: Perspectives on Tibetan Medicine; Chapter 2: The Creation of an Industry; Chapter 3: Manufacturing Good Practice; Chapter 4: Raw Materials, Refined; Chapter 5: Knowledge, Property; Chapter 6: The Aesthetic Enterprise; Chapter 7: The Moral Economy of Tibetanness; Chapter 8: Conclusions; Glossary; References; Index |
| Summary |
Within a mere decade, hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of the People's Republic of China have been converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nationwide market. While these developments are depicted as a big success in China, they have also been met with harsh criticism in Tibet. At stake is a fundamental (re- )manufacturing of Tibetan medicine as a system of knowledge and practice. Being important both to the agenda of the Party State's policies on Tibet and to Tibetan self-understan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-273) and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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Medicine, Tibetan -- Moral and ethical aspects -- China
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Medicine, Tibetan -- Practice -- China
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Medicine, Tibetan Traditional
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Drug Industry -- ethics
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Medicine, Tibetan -- Practice
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| SUBJECT |
Tibet Autonomous Region |
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China |
| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012033461 |
| ISBN |
0857457756 |
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9780857457752 |
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1299777864 |
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9781299777866 |
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