{"product_id":"fluent-bodies-9780822329480","title":"Fluent Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eDoctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e 1. (Re)inventing Ayurveda\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Ayurvedic Interiors\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Healing National Culture\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Effect of Externality\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Clinical Gazes \u003cbr\u003e 6. Medical Simulations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Parodies of Selfhood\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue \u003cbr\u003e Interlocutors\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Glossary \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406030446935,"sku":"9780822329480","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fluent-bodies-9780822329480","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}