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Capturing quicksilver : the position, power, and plasticity of Chinese medicine in Singapore /
"Since the turn of the century Singapore has sustained a reputation for both austere governance and cutting-edge biomedical facilities and research. Seeking to emphasize Singapore's capacity for "modern medicine" and strengthen their burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry, this im...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2018.
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| Collection: | Epistemologies of healing ;
v. 17. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "Since the turn of the century Singapore has sustained a reputation for both austere governance and cutting-edge biomedical facilities and research. Seeking to emphasize Singapore's capacity for "modern medicine" and strengthen their burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry, this image has explicitly excluded Chinese medicine - despite its tremendous popularity amongst Singaporeans from all walks of life, and particularly amongst Singapore's ethnic Chinese majority. This book examines the use and practice of Chinese medicine in Singapore, especially in everyday life, and contributes to anthropological debates regarding the post-colonial intersection of knowledge, identity, and governmentality, and to transnational studies of Chinese medicine as a permeable, plural, and fluid practice"-- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) : color illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781785337956 1785337955 |