Medicine and Memory in Tibet <i>Amchi</i> Physicians in an Age of Reform

• Kaituhi matua: Hofer, Theresia (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: University of Washington Press 2018
• Ngā marau: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Social & cultural anthropology
• Urunga tuihono: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both...