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Routledge Mapping the History of Ayurveda: Culture, Hegemony and the Rhetoric of Diversity

Name: Mapping the History of Ayurveda: Culture, Hegemony and the Rhetoric of Diversity
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This book looks at the institutionalisation and refashioning of Ayurveda as a robust, literate classical tradition, separated from the assorted, vernacular traditions of healing practices. It focuses on the dominant perspectives and theories of indigenous medicine and various compulsions which led to the codification and standardisation of Ayurveda in modern India. Critically engaging with authoritative scholarship, the book extrapolates from some of these theories, raising significant questions on the study of alternative knowledge practices. By using case studies of the southern Indian state of Kerala – which is known globally for its Ayurveda – it provides an in-depth analysis of local practices and histories. Drawing from interviews of practitioners, archival documents, vernacular texts and rare magazines on Ayurveda and indigenous medicine, it presents a nuanced understanding of the relationships between diverse practices. It highlights the interactions as well as the tensions within them, and the methods adopted to preserve the uniqueness of practices even while sharing elements of healing, herbs and medicine. It also discusses how regulations and standards set by the state have estranged assorted healing practices, created uncertainties and led to the formation of categories like Ayurveda and nattuvaidyam (indigenous medicine/ayurvedas). Lucid and topical, the book will be useful for researchers and people interested in social medicine, history of medicine, Ayurveda, cultural studies, history, indigenous studies, and social anthropology. About the Author K P Girija is an independent scholar based out of Kerala, India. She has a doctorate in cultural studies from the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society from Manipal University, Karnataka, India. She acquired a fellowship from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi to pursue her PhD. She was a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (2017-19) and a grantee of the Kerala Council for Historical Research, Thiruvananthapuram (2019-20). Girija is interested in questions that explore the politics and history of knowledge formation, the liminal space of interaction among heterogenous knowledge practices and their philosophical and psychological foundations. Currently, she is working on a project that analyses the intersection between knowledge, caste and the subject through the life narratives of Ayurveda practitioners.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0367272237
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 26 November 2021
Listed Since: 01 June 2021

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