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Fluent Bodies: Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance
Jean M. Langford
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Description for Fluent Bodies: Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance
Paperback. An ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Fluent Bodies examines the modernization of the indigenous healing practice, Ayurveda, in India. Combining contemporary ethnography with a study of key historical moments as glimpsed through early-twentieth-century texts, Jean M. Langford argues that as Ayurveda evolved from an eclectic set of healing practices into a sign of Indian national culture, it was reimagined as a healing force not simply for bodily disorders but for colonial and postcolonial ills.
Interweaving theory with narrative, Langford explores the strategies of contemporary practitioners who reconfigure Ayurvedic knowledge through institutions and technologies such as hospitals, anatomy labs, clinical trials, and sonograms. She shows how practitioners ... Read more
Fluent Bodies examines the modernization of the indigenous healing practice, Ayurveda, in India. Combining contemporary ethnography with a study of key historical moments as glimpsed through early-twentieth-century texts, Jean M. Langford argues that as Ayurveda evolved from an eclectic set of healing practices into a sign of Indian national culture, it was reimagined as a healing force not simply for bodily disorders but for colonial and postcolonial ills.
Interweaving theory with narrative, Langford explores the strategies of contemporary practitioners who reconfigure Ayurvedic knowledge through institutions and technologies such as hospitals, anatomy labs, clinical trials, and sonograms. She shows how practitioners ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Body, Commodity, Text
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822329480
SKU
V9780822329480
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About Jean M. Langford
Jean M. Langford is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Fluent Bodies: Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance
“This rich study incorporates a wide range of contemporary and historical materials to make wonderful theoretical interventions into the literature on Ayurveda and India. Langford pulls the reader into a new understanding of the nuanced relationships between history, nation, modernity, clinical debate, and the practices of Ayurveda.”—Vincanne Adams, author of Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution