Ayurveda Made Modern
Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955
Seiten
2013
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-31590-8 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-31590-8 (ISBN)
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.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.9.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 232 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften |
| Schlagworte | belonging • Bibliography • Biopolitics • Cultural History • Culture • Development • Health • India • Knowledge • Medicine • Modern India • Modern South Asia • Planning • Reframing • the body |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-31590-3 / 1137315903 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-31590-8 / 9781137315908 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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