Ayurveda made modern : political histories of Indigenous medicine in North India, 1900-1955 /

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 colonial India...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berger, Rachel, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Colección:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Temas:
1900-1999
Medicine, Ayurvedic > India, North > History > 20th century.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > Political aspects > India, North.
Traditional medicine > India, North > History > 20th century.
Traditional medicine > Political aspects > India, North.
Politics, Practical.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > history
Colonialism > history
History, 20th Century
Politics
Āyurveda > Inde (Nord) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Āyurveda > Aspect politique > Inde (Nord)
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique.
politics.
Complementary medicine > India. > 20th century.
Health systems & services > India. > 20th century.
Colonialism & imperialism > India. > 20th century.
Social & cultural history > India. > 20th century.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
History.
Politics, Practical
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Traditional medicine
Ayurveda
Complementary medicine > India > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Health systems & services > India > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Colonialism & imperialism > India > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Social & cultural history > India > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
India
North India
Indien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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