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Author Halliburton, Murphy, 1964-

Title Mudpacks and prozac : experiencing Ayurvedic, biomedical, and religious healing / Murphy Halliburton.

Publication Info. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (231 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description 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."
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Subject Traditional medicine -- India -- Kerala.
Traditional medicine.
India -- Kerala.
Cultural psychiatry -- India -- Kerala.
Cultural psychiatry.
Medicine, Ayurvedic -- India -- Kerala.
Medicine, Ayurvedic.
Healing -- Social aspects -- India -- Kerala.
Healing -- Social aspects.
Healing.
Human mechanics.
Human mechanics.
Kerala (India) -- Social life and customs.
Mental Disorders -- therapy.
India.
Medicine, Ayurvedic.
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.
Religion and Medicine.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Halliburton, Murphy, 1964- Mudpacks and prozac. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2009 (DLC) 2009019105
ISBN 9781598747294 (electronic book)
1598747290 (electronic book)
9781598743982 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781598743999 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1598743988
1598743996