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Complementary and Alternative Medicine : Bodies, Therapies, Senses.

Alternative therapies, once the province of the hippie counterculture, are now a mainstream phenomenon. But they are more than a medical and economic sensation. At once spiritual and bodily, medical and recreational, they are an enormously popular cultural practice bound up with the pleasure-seeking...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barcan, Ruth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Alternative therapies, once the province of the hippie counterculture, are now a mainstream phenomenon. But they are more than a medical and economic sensation. At once spiritual and bodily, medical and recreational, they are an enormously popular cultural practice bound up with the pleasure-seeking drive of consumer culture as well as with spiritual and neo-liberal values. Complementary and Alternative Medicine critically examines this phenomenon - which some denounce as the triumph of superstition over reason - by asking practitioners themselves what makes these therapies so appealing. Dra.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages)
ISBN:9780857853127
0857853120