Until recently, receiving a European or North American-style
medical education in Southeast Asia was a profoundly transformative
experience, as western conceptions of the body differed
significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanatory frameworks.
Further, European and North American conceptions of the human body
had to be translated into local languages and related to vernacular
views of health, disease, and healing. This process of medical
translation developed in the context of colonialism, which sought
to remake colonized societies in a multitude of ways. The
contributors to this volume chart and analyze the organization of
western medical education in Southeast Asia, public health
education campaigns in the region, and the ways in which
practitioners of what came to be conceived of as "traditional
medicine" in many Southeast Asian countries organized themselves in
response. This volume uses "translating the body" as shorthand to
call attention to the processes through which medical ideas,
practices, and epistemologies are formulated in pedagogical
contexts, processes involving both interpretation and transmission.
Translation here is a linguistic but also a cultural operation, and
in approaching medical education, the book follows recent work in
translation studies that underscores the translation not merely of
words but of cultures.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
