Precious pills : medicine and social change among Tibetan refugees in India / Audrey Prost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prost, Audrey, 1977-

Series:

Epistemologies of healing ; v. 2.

Epistemologies of healing ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical anthropology--India.

Medical anthropology.

Medical anthropology--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Traditional medicine--India.

Traditional medicine.

Medicine, Chinese--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Medicine, Chinese.

Tibetans--Medicine--India.

Tibetans.

Tibetans--India--Social conditions.

Refugees--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Refugees.

Refugees--India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When people are displaced, their social systems move with them. This book investigates what happens to traditional medical systems when they are "uprooted", i.e. when practitioners and patients become displaced, by looking at the transformations of traditional Tibetan medicine among the Tibetan refugee community in India. It addresses how long-term displacement affects concepts of health and examines the success and efficacy of Tibetan medicine in the context of social upheaval.

Contents:

Title page-Precious pills; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on transliteration and the wylie system; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I-Inequalities in Exile; Ch 1-'Because we are Tibetans...'; Ch 2-'India is the happiest place!'; Ch 3-The pathogenic nature of exile; Ch 4-From 'old-timers' to 'newcomers'; Part II-The role of traditional Tibetan medicine; Ch 5-The mentsikhang; Ch 6-Humors on trial; Epilogue; Glossary of Tibetan words with wylie spellings; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-150) and index.

ISBN:

9786612626647

9781282626645

1282626647

9780857450128

0857450123

OCLC:

645101883