Capturing quicksilver : the position, power, and plasticity of Chinese medicine in Singapore /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Arielle A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Series:Epistemologies of healing ; v. 17.
Subjects:
Medicine, Chinese.
Medicine > Singapore.
Medical anthropology.
Anthropology, Medical
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Médecine chinoise.
Médecine > Singapour.
Anthropologie médicale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Medicine.
Singapore
Singapore.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mercurial assemblages and analytical bricolage
  • Chinese medicine unbound
  • From imaginative geography to collective lobotomy
  • Power in technique and techniques of power
  • Making sense and sensation
  • Heat, health, and the experienced environment
  • Of nutrients and nourishment
  • Positionality, power, and the politics of representation.

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