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oapen-20.500.12657-477272021-04-08T01:10:38Z Medicine and Memory in Tibet Hofer, Theresia medicine; Tibet; medical revivalism history bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine 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, or amchi, and of Medical Houses in the west-central region of Tsang. Due to difficult research access and the power of state institutions in the writing of history, the perspectives of more marginal amchi have been absent from most accounts of Tibetan medicine. Theresia Hofer breaks new ground both theoretically and ethnographically, in ways that would be impossible in today’s more restrictive political climate that severely limits access for researchers. She illuminates how medical practitioners safeguarded their professional heritage through great adversity and personal hardship. 2021-04-07T09:22:18Z 2021-04-07T09:22:18Z 2018 book 9780295742984 9780295742991 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47727 eng Studies on Ethnic Groups in China application/pdf n/a Bookshelf_NBK546473.pdf University of Washington Press 10.6069/9780295743004 10.6069/9780295743004 d9c3f035-31d8-4b0d-8379-20dc5a379721 d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9780295742984 9780295742991 Wellcome 308 Washington 104523 Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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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, or amchi, and of Medical Houses in the west-central region of Tsang.
Due to difficult research access and the power of state institutions in the writing of history, the perspectives of more marginal amchi have been absent from most accounts of Tibetan medicine. Theresia Hofer breaks new ground both theoretically and ethnographically, in ways that would be impossible in today’s more restrictive political climate that severely limits access for researchers. She illuminates how medical practitioners safeguarded their professional heritage through great adversity and personal hardship.
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