Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland

Stethoscopes, Wands and Crystals

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Folk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary Western society are currently experiencing a renaissance, albeit with features that are unique to this historical moment. At the same time biomedicine is under scrutiny, experiencing a number of distinct and multifaceted crises. In this volume the authors draw together cutting edge cross-cultural, interdisciplinary research in Britain and Ireland, focusing on exploring the role and significance of healing practices in diverse local contexts, such as the use of crystals, herbs, cures and charms, potions and lotions.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-06-01
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt581 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEpistemologies of Healing
Antal sidor288
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781845456726

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List of FiguresAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introduction: Folk Healing in Contemporary Britain and Ireland: Revival, Revitalisation or Reinvention?Ronnie Moore and Stuart McCleanChapter 2. Folk Healing and a Post-scientific WorldRonnie Moore and Stuart McCleanChapter 3. The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition in Nineteenth-century IrelandCatherine CoxChapter 4. Folk Healing in Rural Wales: The Use of Wool MeasuringSusan PhilpinChapter 5. A General Practice, A Country Practice: The Cure, the Charm and Informal Healing in Northern IrelandRonnie MooreChapter 6. Rescuing Folk Remedies: Ethnoknowledge and the Reinvention of Indigenous Herbal Medicine in BritainAyo WahlbergChapter 7. Crystal and Spiritual Healing in Northern England: Folk-inspired Systems of MedicineStuart McCleanChapter 8. Medical Pluralism in the Republic of Ireland: Biomedicines as EthnomedicinesAnne Macfarlane and Tomas deBrunChapter 9. Born To It and Then Pushed Out of It: Folk Healing in the New Complementary and Alternative Medicine MarketplaceGeraldine Lee-TreweekChapter 10. Beyond Legislation: Why Chicken Soup and Regulation Don’t MixJulie StoneChapter 11. Epilogue: Towards Authentic Medicine: Bodies and BoundariesStuart McClean and Ronnie MooreNotes on ContributorsIndex

“…in this volume, the editors emphasise the interactional and interdependent nature of folk, biomedicine and other alternative and complementary treatments (CAM). Hence, the book will be of value not only to readers who are interested in folk, alternative and complementary medicine but also to those interested in biomedicine. I would recommend the book to many students, teachers, researchers and lay readers.” · Sociology of Health & Illness