Description |
1 online resource (231 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Three Therapies of South India; 3. Lives and Problems; 4. Experiencing the World from Body to Atman; 5. Cooling Mudpacks: The Aesthetic Quality of Therapy; 6. Conclusion: Pleasure, Health and Speed; Appendix A: Semi-Structured Interview Questions; References; Index; About the Author. |
Summary |
Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems. Foregrounding questions of embodiment and aesthetics, Murphy Halliburton challenges our understandings of mental illness and of the transformative processes typically evaluated as "cure." |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Traditional medicine -- India -- Kerala.
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Traditional medicine. |
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India -- Kerala. |
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Cultural psychiatry -- India -- Kerala.
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Cultural psychiatry. |
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Medicine, Ayurvedic -- India -- Kerala.
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Medicine, Ayurvedic. |
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Healing -- Social aspects -- India -- Kerala.
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Healing -- Social aspects. |
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Healing. |
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Human mechanics.
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Human mechanics. |
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Kerala (India) -- Social life and customs.
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Mental Disorders -- therapy. |
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India. |
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Medicine, Ayurvedic. |
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Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical. |
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Religion and Medicine. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Halliburton, Murphy, 1964- Mudpacks and prozac. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2009 (DLC) 2009019105 |
ISBN |
9781598747294 (electronic book) |
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1598747290 (electronic book) |
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9781598743982 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781598743999 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1598743988 |
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1598743996 |
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