Fluent bodiesJean M. Langford
Fluent bodies
Jean M. Langford · 2002
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Fluent Bodies examines the modernization of the indigenous healing practice, Ayurveda, in India. Combining contemporary ethnography with a study of key historical moments as glimpsed through early-twentieth-century texts, Jean M. Langford argues that as Ayurveda evolved from an eclectic set of healing practices into a sign of Indian national culture, it was reimagined as a healing force not simply for bodily disorders but for colonial and postcolonial ills.
Book details
- Year
- 2002
- Language
- English
- Series
- Body, Commodity, Text
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 311
- ISBN
- 9780822329480
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