Contesting Colonial Authority

Medicine and Indigenous Responses in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century India

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Poonam Bala’s Contesting Colonial Authority explores the interplay of conformity and defiance amongst the plural medical tradition in colonial India. The contributors reveal how Indian elites, nationalists, and the rest of the Indian population participated in the move to revisit and frame a new social character of Indian Medicine. Viewed in the light of the cultural, nationalistic, social, literary and scientific essentials, Contesting Colonial Authority highlights various indigenous interpretations and mechanisms through which Indian sciences and medicine were projected against the cultural background of a rich medical tradition.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-04-12
Mått160 x 240 x 18 mm
Vikt426 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor186
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739170236

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. ‘Nationalizing’ Medicine by Poonam Bala2. Teaching European Medicine in Colonial Goa by Cristiana Bastos3. Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals by Madhulika Banerjee4. Corporal Contestations by Shrimoy Roy Chaudhary5. Colonial Medicine and Elite Nationalist Responses in India by Shamshad Khan6. Colonial Compassion and Political Calculation by Sean Lang7. Educating Lady Doctors in Colonial Burma by Atsuko Naono8. Unani Medical Culture by Neshat Quaiser9. Malarial Fever in Nineteenth-Century Bengal by Arabinda SamantaIndexAbout the Contributors

The dynamics of the alternative medical models issuing from the complex colonial encounters are more clearly perceived through case studies as diverse as the ones included in this volume, which comprehends lesser-known colonial contexts. . . .Furthermore, it summarizes discussions developed by its contributors in other works, showing in a clear and interesting way the dynamics of the authoritative models in the making but also the permanent challenges they faced.