About this title: The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China since the early 1980s. This text examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan and the USA.
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780231128056ISBN:0231128053
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 238 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 2003-07-15
ISBN-13:9780231128056ISBN:0231128053
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 2003-07-15
ISBN-13:9780231128056ISBN:0231128053
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 2003-07-15
ISBN-13:9780231128056ISBN:0231128053
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780231128056ISBN:0231128053
Description: New. The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Anthropologist Nancy N. Chen examines the cultural context of medicine and he... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN-13:9780231128056ISBN:0231128053
Description: The charismatic form of healing called qigong, based on meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Qigong served a critical social organizational function, as practitioners formed new informal networks, sometimes on an international scale, at a time when China was shifting from state-subsidized medical care to for-profit market medicine. The emergence of new psychological states deemed to be deviant led the Chinese state to "medicalize ... read more
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