Capturing Quicksilver: The Position, Power, and Plasticity of Chinese Medicine in Singapore Contributor(s): Smith, Arielle A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1785337947 ISBN-13: 9781785337949 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Medical |
Dewey: 610.595 |
LCCN: 2017051449 |
Series: Epistemologies of Healing |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 324 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Since the turn of the century Singapore has sustained a reputation for both austere governance and cutting-edge biomedical facilities and research. Seeking to emphasize Singapore's capacity for "modern medicine" and strengthen their burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry, this image has explicitly excluded Chinese medicine - despite its tremendous popularity amongst Singaporeans from all walks of life, and particularly amongst Singapore's ethnic Chinese majority. This book examines the use and practice of Chinese medicine in Singapore, especially in everyday life, and contributes to anthropological debates regarding the post-colonial intersection of knowledge, identity, and governmentality, and to transnational studies of Chinese medicine as a permeable, plural, and fluid practice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Arielle A.: - Arielle A. Smith completed her doctorate and postgraduate teaching in medical anthropology at the University of Oxford (2004-2010). She subsequently taught at the University of Montana (2011-2012) and as traveling faculty for International Honors Program/SIT (2012-2014). Most recently, she conducted postdoctoral research at Cermes3 (a joint unit of CNRS, EHESS, and Inserm) in Paris (2015), and preliminary research on anthropological reflexivity and tribal health/ healing in the USA (2016 to date). |