Precious pills : medicine and social change among Tibetan refugees in India / Audrey Prost.

  • Prost, Audrey, 1977-
Date:
[2008], ©2008
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Berghahn Books, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Contents

'Because we are Tibetans--' : talking about health -- 'India is the happiest place!' : contextualising exile -- The pathogenic nature of exile -- From 'old-timers' to 'newcomers' : social inequalities in the diaspora -- The Mentsikhang : construing traditional authority -- Humours on trial : the Mentsikhang's dilemmas.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-150) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BW.256
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781845454579
  • 184545457X