Gebundenes Buch

Asymmetrical Conversations

Contestations, Circumventions, and the Blurring of Therapeutic Boundaries

Herausgeber: Naraindas, Harish; Sax, William S.; Quack, Johannes

Beschreibung

Explores the ways in which we sometimes attempt to bypass the dominant ideologies of health care in the medical institutions of our cultures. Case studies from India, the South Asian Diaspora, and Europe are used to understand the blurring of therapeutic boundaries. A combination of methodological expertise, basic research, and cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary acumen are used to dissect the study of medical pluralism.

Autor

William S. Sax has taught at Harvard, Christchurch, Paris, and Heidelberg, where he is Chair of Ethnology at the South Asia Institute. His major works include Mountain Goddess: Gender and Politics in a Central Himalayan Pilgrimage (1991), The Gods at Play: Lila in South Asia (1995), Dancing the Self: Personhood and Performance in the Pandav Lila of Garhwal (2002), God of Justice: Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas (2008), and The Problem of Ritual Efficacy (2010).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781782383086
• ISBN-10: 1782383085
• Artikelnr.: 41128057