| Contesting Colonial Authority: Medicine and Indigenous Responses in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century India Contributor(s): Bala, Poonam (Editor), Bala, Poonam (Contribution by), Banerjee, Madhulika (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739170236 ISBN-13: 9780739170236 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Modern - 20th Century - Medical | History |
| Dewey: 610.954 |
| LCCN: 2012001467 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 186 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poonam Bala's Contesting Colonial Authority explores the interplay of conformity and defiance amongst the plural medical tradition in colonial India. The contributors reveal how Indian elites, nationalists, and the rest of the Indian population participated in the move to revisit and frame a new social character of Indian Medicine. Viewed in the light of the cultural, nationalistic, social, literary and scientific essentials, Contesting Colonial Authority highlights various indigenous interpretations and mechanisms through which Indian sciences and medicine were projected against the cultural background of a rich medical tradition. |
