Mixing Medicines Ecologies of Care in Buddhist Siberia
Mixing Medicines is an ethnography of Russian medicine’s attempts to recuperate indigenous therapeutic traditions associated with the state's ethnic and religious minorities. Based in Buryatia, a traditionally Buddhist region in southeastern Siberia, the book traces the uneven terrains of encou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Fordham University Press
2021, ©2021
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| Series: | Thinking from Elsewhere
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Mixing Medicines is an ethnography of Russian medicine’s attempts to recuperate indigenous therapeutic traditions associated with the state's ethnic and religious minorities. Based in Buryatia, a traditionally Buddhist region in southeastern Siberia, the book traces the uneven terrains of encounter between indigenous healing, the state, and transnational medical flows. Compelling and accessible reflection on the relationship between knowledge, care, and ethnic and religious identity in Russia. |
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| Physical Description: | 333 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-9433-6 |