Download book Mixed Medicines : Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia
Download book Mixed Medicines : Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia
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Author: Sokhieng Au
Number of Pages: 280 pages
Published Date: 19 Apr 2011
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Publication Country: Chicago, IL, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780226031637
File size: 19 Mb
File Name: Mixed.Medicines.Health.and.Culture.in.French.Colonial.Cambodia.pdf
Download Link: Mixed Medicines Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia
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During the first half of the twentieth century, representatives of the French colonial health services actively strove to expand the practice of Western medicine in the frontier colony of Cambodia. But as the French physicians ventured beyond their colonial enclaves, they found themselves negotiating with the plurality of Cambodian cultural practices relating to health and disease. These negotiations were marked by some success, a great deal of misunderstanding, and much failure. Bringing together colorful historical vignettes, social and anthropological theory, and quantitative analyses, "Mixed Medicines" examines these interactions between the Khmer, Cham, and Vietnamese of Cambodia and the French, documenting the differences in their understandings of medicine and revealing the unexpected transformations that occurred during this period - for both the French and the indigenous population. A compelling social history, "Mixed Medicines" will be welcomed by anyone interested in the globalization of scientific and medical practices.
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Mixed Medicines : Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia by Sokhieng Au
Author: Sokhieng Au
Number of Pages: 280 pages
Published Date: 19 Apr 2011
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Publication Country: Chicago, IL, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780226031637
File size: 19 Mb
File Name: Mixed.Medicines.Health.and.Culture.in.French.Colonial.Cambodia.pdf
Download Link: Mixed Medicines Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia
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During the first half of the twentieth century, representatives of the French colonial health services actively strove to expand the practice of Western medicine in the frontier colony of Cambodia. But as the French physicians ventured beyond their colonial enclaves, they found themselves negotiating with the plurality of Cambodian cultural practices relating to health and disease. These negotiations were marked by some success, a great deal of misunderstanding, and much failure. Bringing together colorful historical vignettes, social and anthropological theory, and quantitative analyses, "Mixed Medicines" examines these interactions between the Khmer, Cham, and Vietnamese of Cambodia and the French, documenting the differences in their understandings of medicine and revealing the unexpected transformations that occurred during this period - for both the French and the indigenous population. A compelling social history, "Mixed Medicines" will be welcomed by anyone interested in the globalization of scientific and medical practices.
Read online Mixed Medicines : Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia Buy and read online Mixed Medicines : Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia Download and read Mixed Medicines : Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook Mixed Medicines : Health and Culture in French Colonial Cambodia