Naming the local : medicine, language, and identity in Korea since the fifteenth century /

Examines the role of "locality" in medical innovations in Korea by tracing the origins of five key medical terms. Emerging within specific moments from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, each term represents both the aspirations and limitations of registering the local in the existi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suh, Soyoung (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2017.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 404.
Temas:
Traditional medicine > Korea > History.
Medicine > Korea > History.
Language and medicine > Korea > History.
Medicine and psychology > Korea > History.
Médecine > Corée > Histoire.
Langage et médecine > Corée > Histoire.
Language and medicine
Medicine
Medicine and psychology
Traditional medicine
Korea
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Examines the role of "locality" in medical innovations in Korea by tracing the origins of five key medical terms. Emerging within specific moments from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, each term represents both the aspirations and limitations of registering the local in the existing configuration of Korean medicine.--
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781684175796
1684175798

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