Mudpacks and prozac : experiencing Ayurvedic, biomedical, and religious healing / Murphy Halliburton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halliburton, Murphy, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traditional medicine--India--Kerala.

Traditional medicine.

Cultural psychiatry--India--Kerala.

Cultural psychiatry.

Medicine, Ayurvedic--India--Kerala.

Medicine, Ayurvedic.

Healing--Social aspects--India--Kerala.

Healing.

Human mechanics--India--Kerala.

Human mechanics.

Kerala (India)--Social life and customs.

Kerala (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

People seeking psychiatric healing choose from an almost dizzying array of therapies-from the medicated mud packs of Ayurveda, to the pharmacopeia of Western biomedicine, to the spiritual pathways of the world''s religions. How do we choose, what do the treatments offer, and how do they cure? In Mudpacks and Prozac, Murphy Halliburton investigates the very different ways in which Ayurvedic, Western, and religious (Christian, Muslim, and Hindu) healing systems define psychiatric problems and cures. He describes people''s embodied experiences of therapies that range from soothing to frightening

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Three Therapies of South India; 3. Lives and Problems; 4. Experiencing the World from Body to Atman; 5. Cooling Mudpacks: The Aesthetic Quality of Therapy; 6. Conclusion: Pleasure, Health and Speed; Appendix A: Semi-Structured Interview Questions; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-42427-4

1-315-42428-2

1-315-42429-0

1-59874-729-0

9781315424293

OCLC:

647881059