Capturing quicksilver : the position, power, and plasticity of Chinese medicine in Singapore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Arielle A., author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Epistemologies of healing ; v. 17.

Epistemologies of healing ; volume 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Medical anthropology.

Singapore.

Medical anthropology--Singapore.

Medicine, Chinese--Singapore.

Anthropology, Medical.

Medicine, Chinese Traditional.

Medical Subjects:

Singapore.

Anthropology, Medical.

Medicine, Chinese Traditional.

Physical Description:

xvi, 308 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Position, power, and plasticity of Chinese medicine in Singapore

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781785337949

1785337947

OCLC:

994583289