{"product_id":"capturing-quicksilver-the-position-power-and-plasticity-of-chinese-medicine-in-singapore-9781785337949","title":"Capturing Quicksilver: The Position, Power, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSince the turn of the century Singapore has sustained a reputation for both austere governance and cutting-edge biomedical facilities and research. Seeking to emphasize Singapore’s capacity for “modern medicine” and strengthen their burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry, this image has explicitly excluded Chinese medicine – despite its tremendous popularity amongst Singaporeans from all walks of life, and particularly amongst Singapore’s ethnic Chinese majority. This book examines the use and practice of Chinese medicine in Singapore, especially in everyday life, and contributes to anthropological debates regarding the post-colonial intersection of knowledge, identity, and governmentality, and to transnational studies of Chinese medicine as a permeable, plural, and fluid practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[This book} suggests that we should carefully examine the position of Chinese medicine in China, especially to notice its potentially unequal power relations with nationality medicine. In doing so, critical medical anthropology has the potential to overstep the medical domain and contribute to the broader discussion of ethnicity, nationalism, and post-colonial theory. In this sense, this book is also highly recommended for anyone interested in Southeast Asian society and the study of overseas Chinese more generally.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Newbooks.asia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Lucid and beautifully written… A refreshing look at Chinese medicine and ‘medicine’ more broadly speaking.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Mei Zhan\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations and Acronyms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mercurial Assemblages and Analytical Bricolage\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chinese Medicine Unbound\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Imaginative Geography to Collective Lobotomy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003ePower in Technique and Techniques of Power\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eMaking Sense and Sensation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eHeat, Health, and the Experienced Environment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eOf Nutrients and Nourishment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003ePositionality, Power, and the Politics of Representation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tGlossary of Transliterated Mandarin Chinese Terms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042405941591,"sku":"9781785337949","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785337949.jpg?v=1750954051","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/capturing-quicksilver-the-position-power-and-plasticity-of-chinese-medicine-in-singapore-9781785337949","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}