Medicine and Memory in Tibet: Amchi Physicians in an Age of Reform

by Theresia Hofer

Book Overview

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295743004

Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both of China and of Tibet's medical establishment in Lhasa, exploring the work of medical practitioners,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295742992
• ISBN13: 9780295742991
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher