Healing elements: efficacy and the social ecologies of tibetan medicine
Auteur :
Craig, Sienna R.
Éditeur :
Craig, Sienna R.
ISBN :
9780520273238
Date de publication :
7 sept. 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
472 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Tibetan medicine has come to represent multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. This title explores how Tibetan medicine circulates through diverse settings in Nepal, China, and beyond as commercial goods and gifts, and as target therapies and panacea for biophysical and psychosocial ills.