Medicine and Memory in Tibet Amchi Physicians in an Age of Reform

• मुख्य लेखक: Hofer, Theresia (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Washington University of Washington Press 2018
• श्रृंखला: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
• विषय: Medicine; medicine; Tibet; medical revivalism; history
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: 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...