| Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the Iats, 2003. Volume 10: Soundings in Tibetan Medicine: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives Contributor(s): Schrempf, Mona |
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ISBN: 9004155503 ISBN-13: 9789004155503 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $145.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: This collection of studies on the anthropology and history of Tibetan medicine provides fascinating new insights into both dynamic developments and historical continuities in medical knowledge and practice that have been manifest in a range of traditional and contemporary Tibetan societies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 610 |
| Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Proceedings of the Tenth S |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.71" W x 9.61" (2.12 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this volume, for the first time Tibetan Medicine is approached from a combination of anthropology and history. These two disciplines appear to be vital to come to understand Tibetan medical knowledge and practice as being complex, diverse and dynamic phenomena which reflect changing social and historical conditions at the same time while also appealing to or preserving an older canon of traditions. Part One examines the impacts of various modernities in Tibet, the Himalayan borderlands and the Tibetan exile, including standardisation and scientization of Tibetan medicine. Part Two investigates the transmission and professionalisation of medical knowledge and its role in identity construction. Part Three traces connections between various body images, practices, and cosmologies in Tibetan societies and how mental and physical illnesses are understood. Part Four critically presents new or little known histories, commentarial practices, textual narratives and oral sources for investigating the history of Tibetan medicine. |
