Recipes for Immortality. Healing, Religion, and Community in South India.
Despite the global spread of Western medical practice, traditional doctors still thrive in the modern world. In Recipes for Immorality, Richard Weiss illuminates their continued success by examining the ways in which siddha medical practitioners in Tamil South India win the trust and patronage of pa...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module. |
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| Summary: | Despite the global spread of Western medical practice, traditional doctors still thrive in the modern world. In Recipes for Immorality, Richard Weiss illuminates their continued success by examining the ways in which siddha medical practitioners in Tamil South India win the trust and patronage of patients. While biomedicine might alleviate a patient's physical distress, siddha doctors offer their clientele much more: affiliation to a timeless and pure community, the fantasy of a Tamil utopia, and even the prospect of immortality. They speak of a golden age of Tamil civilization and of traditio. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199715008 0199715009 0195335236 9780195335231 |
| Access: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |