Min side Kundeservice Gavekort – en perfekt gave Registrer deg

Unani Medicine in the Making

Practices and Representations in 21st-century India

Unani Medicine in the Making examines the institutions and practices of Unani medicine, the Graeco-Islamic healing practice based on the humoral theory attributed to Hippocrates and officially recognized as a system of medicine in India. Les mer

2230,-
Innbundet
Sendes innen 21 dager
Interessert i historiebøker?
Bli med i fordelsklubben Vår historie og få fordelspris 1895,-
Unani Medicine in the Making examines the institutions and practices of Unani medicine, the Graeco-Islamic healing practice based on the humoral theory attributed to Hippocrates and officially recognized as a system of medicine in India. Drawing on diverse materials, including Urdu sources, interviews with practitioners, and observations in clinics, the book explores what Unani medicine is today by attending to its multiplicity, scrutinizing apparent tensions between the understanding of Unani as a system of medicine and its multiple enactments as Islamic medicine, medical science, or alternative medicine. Ethnographic details provide vivid descriptions of the current practice of Unani in India, and invite readers to rethink the idea that humoral medicine is incommensurable with modern medicine and science, and that the modernization of Asian medicines invariably leads to their biomedicalization. Ultimately, the book also discusses the relationship of Unani with Muslim communities, examining the growing practice of Prophetic Medicine in Urban India and increasing representations of Unani as Islamic Medicine.

Detaljer

Forlag
Amsterdam University Press
Innbinding
Innbundet
Språk
Engelsk
ISBN
9789463724210
Utgivelsesår
2020
Format
23 x 16 cm

Kunders vurdering

Oppdag mer

Bøker som ligner på Unani Medicine in the Making:

Se flere

Logg inn

Ikke medlem ennå? Registrer deg her

Glemt medlemsnummer/passord?

Handlekurv