The Transmission of Chinese Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780521645423 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 308 str.

Elisabeth Hsu

Opis

This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur; and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardized knowledge of official Chinese medicine is inculcated. She compares theories and practices of these different Chinese medical traditions, and her fascinating insider's account of traditional medical practices brings out the way in which the context of instruction shapes knowledge.

Recenzje

'As the first ethnographic description of a college of traditional Chinese medicine [Hsu's] book opens a whole new area for research in medical anthropology … this book will stimulate new research by other ethnologists, and its talented author will surely continue to expand the reach of medical anthropology.' The Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute

Spis treści

1. The secret transmission of knowledge and practice; 2. Qigong and the concept of Qi; 3. The personal transmission of knowledge; 4. Interpreting a classical Chinese medical text; 5. The standardised transmission of knowledge; 6. Teaching from traditional Chinese medical textbooks; 7. Styles of knowing; Appendix.