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An ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity.

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“This rich study incorporates a wide range of contemporary and historical materials to make wonderful theoretical interventions into the literature on Ayurveda and India. Langford pulls the reader into a new understanding of the nuanced relationships between history, nation, modernity, clinical debate, and the practices of Ayurveda.”—Vincanne Adams, author of Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. (Re)inventing Ayurveda

2. Ayurvedic Interiors

3. Healing National Culture

4. The Effect of Externality

5. Clinical Gazes
6. Medical Simulations

7. Parodies of Selfhood

Epilogue
Interlocutors

Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/10/2002
      ISBN13: 9780822329480, 978-0822329480
      ISBN10: 0822329484

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity.

      Trade Review
      “This rich study incorporates a wide range of contemporary and historical materials to make wonderful theoretical interventions into the literature on Ayurveda and India. Langford pulls the reader into a new understanding of the nuanced relationships between history, nation, modernity, clinical debate, and the practices of Ayurveda.”—Vincanne Adams, author of Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      1. (Re)inventing Ayurveda

      2. Ayurvedic Interiors

      3. Healing National Culture

      4. The Effect of Externality

      5. Clinical Gazes
      6. Medical Simulations

      7. Parodies of Selfhood

      Epilogue
      Interlocutors

      Glossary
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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