Unani Medicine in the Making : : Practices and Representations in 21st-century India / / Kira Schmidt-Stiedenroth.
In Unani Medicine in the Making, Kira Schmidt Stiedenroth examines the contemporary institutions and practices of Graeco-Islamic healing in India. Drawing on interviews with practitioners, clinical observations, and Urdu sources, the book focuses on Unani's multiplicity, scrutinizing apparent t...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social Studies in Asian Medicine ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. A System of Medicine?
- 2. Authority, Originality, and the Limits of Standardization
- 3. Beyond Humouralism
- 4. The Appropriation of Modern Scientific Advances and Concepts
- 5. Science and the Quest for Acceptance and Recognition
- 6. Unani Medicine and Muslims in India
- Summary and Reflexions for Future Engagement
- Bibliography
- Index