Medicine and Colonial Identity Contributor(s): Andrews, Bridie (Editor), Sutphen, Mary P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415288800 ISBN-13: 9780415288804 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: This volume shows how the study of medicine can provide new insights into colonial identity, and the possibility of accomodating multiple perspectives on identity within a single narrative. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - History | Modern - General - Medical | History |
Dewey: 610.9 |
LCCN: 2002031930 |
Lexile Measure: 1680 |
Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.26" W x 9.54" (0.89 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Over the last century, identity as an avenue of inquiry has become both an academic growth industry and a problematic category of historical analysis. This volume shows how the study of medicine can provide new insights into colonial identity, and the possibility of accommodating multiple perspectives on identity within a single narrative. Contributors to this volume explore the perceived self-identity of colonizers; the adoption of western and traditional medicine as complementary aspects of a new, modern and nationalist identity; the creation of a modern identity for women in the colonies; and the expression of a healer's identity by physicians of traditional medicine. |