Manufacturing Tibetan medicine : the creation of an industry and the moral economy of Tibetanness /

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Within a mere decade, hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of the People's Republic of China have been converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nationwide market. While these developments...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Saxer, Martin, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Epistemologies of healing ; v. 12.
Subjects:
Medicine, Tibetan > Moral and ethical aspects > China.
Medicine, Tibetan > Practice > China.
Medicine, Tibetan Traditional
Drug Industry > ethics
Médecine tibétaine > Aspect moral > Chine.
Médecine tibétaine > Pratique > Chine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Medicine, Tibetan > Practice.
Tibet Autonomous Region
China
China.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Manufacturing Tibetan Medicine; Series: Epistemologies of Healing; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration and Transcription; List of Abbreviations; Map of Tibet; Chapter 1: Introduction: Perspectives on Tibetan Medicine; Chapter 2: The Creation of an Industry; Chapter 3: Manufacturing Good Practice; Chapter 4: Raw Materials, Refined; Chapter 5: Knowledge, Property; Chapter 6: The Aesthetic Enterprise; Chapter 7: The Moral Economy of Tibetanness; Chapter 8: Conclusions; Glossary; References; Index.

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