The anthropology of alternative medicine
Ross, Anamaria Iosif2014
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Abstract: A concise yet wide-ranging exploration of the cultural underpinnings of non-biomedical healing.
Main title:
The anthropology of alternative medicine / Anamaria Iosif Ross.
Author:
Ross, Anamaria Iosif, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
English edition.
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.©2012London [England] ; New York [New York] : Berg, [2012]
Collation:
1 online resource (47 entries) ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: x, 185 pages
Contents:
1 Alternative Medicine in the Twenty-First Century -- Conflicting Interests Pertaining to the Rise of Integrative Medicine -- What Distinguishes an Anthropological Approach to Alternative Healing? -- Dominant Themes and Organization of the Book -- Anthropology and the Human Journey -- Healing Power and Agency -- What Are Cultural Constructions and Why Does It Matter to Health Care? -- A Bird's Eye Overview of Core Concepts in Medical Anthropology -- Curing or Healing? -- Biomedicine and Traditional Medicine -- Plural Healing in the Global Age: Intersections of Meaning and Power -- Current Practice: Helminths Return as Promising New Drugs -- 2 Substance, Energy, and Information Flows -- From the Flow of Rumors to Exposing the Global Traffic in Organs and Tissues -- Duality of Water: Vitality and Contamination -- Current Practice: Homeopathy -- Energy, Life-Force, and the Powers of the Sun -- Nourishment and Healing -- The American Health Foods Movement in the Early Twentieth Century -- Rising Trend: Alternative Consumption Movements in the Developed World -- Humoral Medical Traditions, Foods, and Herbs -- Case Study: ELTA Universitate - Natural Foods, Anesthesia, and Social Renewal -- Of Information and the Triadic Approach -- Energy, Dowsing, and Information -- 3 Spirit, Consciousness, and Trance -- Altered States, Bodies, and Souls -- Shamanic Consciousness and Symbolic Healing -- Hypnosis, Spirit(s), and Healing -- Current Practice: Rediscovering Hesychasm and the Prayer of the Heart -- Rising Trend: Healing Addictions with ASCs and Hallucinogens -- Faith Healing and Pilgrimage -- Ayurveda and Mental Illness -- 4 Body, Movement, and the Senses -- The Anthropology of Sensations and the Multidimensionality of Healing Work -- Smell and Taste -- Tactile Experiences -- Rhythm, Movement, and Music as Life -- Case Study: Becoming Radiant - Real Reiki in Postsocialist Romania -- Ascent into the Future: Aromatherapy, Art, and Science, Ancient and Modern -- Current Practice: Medical Aromatherapy -- Polythetic Medicine -- 5 Conclusion: Looking into the Future of Alternative Medicine.
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ISBN:
1845208013 (print)9781845208028 (paperback)9781845208011 (print)9781784027865 (electronic version)1845208021 (paperback)
Dewey class:
306.461615.5
LC class:
GN296R733
Language:
English
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BRN:
502148
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