Ayurveda Made Modern

Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Av R. Berger

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This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-01-01
Mått140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt290 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Antal sidor232
Upplaga2013
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349329687

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Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Ayurveda in Motion 1. Historicising Ayurveda: Genealogies of the Biomoral 2. Situating Ayurveda in Modernity, 1900-1919 3. Embodying Consumption: Representing Indigeneity in Popular Culture, 1910-1940 4. Ayurveda's Dyarchic Moment, 1920-1935 5. Planning through Development: Institutions, Population, and the Limits of Belonging 6. Reframing Indigeneity: Ayurveda, Independence and the Health of the Future Conclusion: Ayurveda's Indian Modernities Bibliography