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04228aam a2200493Ii 4500 001 95A419DE851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231117010120 008 210604t20222022enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0367273004 020 $a 9780367273002 020 $a 0367272237 020 $a 9780367272234 035 $a (OCoLC)1255174504 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d JNA $d SILO 043 $a a-ii--- 050 4 $a R606 $b .G57 2022 060 4 $a WZ 70.JI4 082 04 $a 615.5/3809 $2 23 100 1 $a Girija, K P, $e author. 245 10 $a Mapping the history of Ayurveda : $b culture, hegemony and the rhetoric of diversity / $c K P Girija. 264 1 $a London : $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2022. 300 $a xvi, 180 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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, andsocial anthropology. 545 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Medicine, Ayurvedic $x History. 650 0 $a Medicine, Ayurvedic $z Kerala. $z Kerala. 650 0 $a Ethnology $z Kerala. $z Kerala. 651 0 $a Kerala (India) $x Social life and customs. 650 2 $a Medicine, Ayurvedic $x history 650 6 $a Ayurveda $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Ayurveda $z Kerala. $z Kerala. 650 6 $a Ethnologie $z Kerala. $z Kerala. 651 6 $a Kerala (Inde) $x M¿urs et coutumes. 650 7 $a Ethnology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00916106 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 $a Medicine, Ayurvedic. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01015196 651 7 $a India $z Kerala. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205181 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781000481426 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240417025526.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=95A419DE851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search