Capturing quicksilver : the position, power, and plasticity of Chinese medicine in Singapore /

Capturing quicksilver : the position, power, and plasticity of Chinese medicine in Singapore /

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Author / Creator:Smith, Arielle A., author.
Imprint:New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
©2018
Description:xvi, 308 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Epistemologies of healing ; volume 17
Epistemologies of healing ; v. 17.
Subject:
Medical anthropology -- Singapore.
Medicine, Chinese -- Singapore.
Anthropology, Medical.
Medicine, Chinese Traditional.
Medicine.
Medicine, Chinese.
Singapore.
Singapore.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11607753
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Varying Form of Title:Position, power, and plasticity of Chinese medicine in Singapore
ISBN:9781785337949
1785337947
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Since 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.

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