Emily S. Wu

Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States

In Search of Spiritual Meaning and Ultimate Health

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a historically, socially, and culturally-contextualized portrayal of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a complementary and alternative medical profession in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781498515108
• ISBN-10: 149851510X
• Artikelnr.: 42283310

Autorenporträt

Emily S. Wu is a college instructor in the San Francisco Bay area and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Asian religions and cultures. Her current research primarily focuses on Chinese and Chinese American religious practices and beliefs that intersect with medicine, healing, and understandings of the human body.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Personal Beginning Introduction Chapter 1: Contextualization
Chapter 2: History of Local TCM Chapter 3: Medical Training and Identity
Formation Chapter 4: TCM Healers in the Chinese Community Chapter 5: TCM as
Complementary Medicine Chapter 6: TCM as Alternative Medicine Chapter 7:
Creating a Space for Psychic Healing Chapter 8: Going to the Culturally
Authentic Chapter 9: Environmentalism and Lifestyle Changes Chapter 10: The
Happenings in an Acupuncture Clinic Chapter 11: The Embodied Spirituality
of Qi Chapter 12: Ideal Body and the Concept of Health Chapter 13:
Concluding Analysis