Medical Marginality in South Asia

Taylor & Francis

Medical Marginality in South AsiaSituating Subaltern Therapeutics\nAuthor(s): David Hardiman, Projit Mukharji\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138948297, 978-1138948297\nSynopsis\nExamining the world of popular healing in South Asia, this book looks at the way that it is marginalised by the state and medical establishment while at the same time being very important in the everyday lives of the poor. It describes and analyses a world of subaltern therapeutics that both interacts with and resists state-sanctioned and elite forms of medical practice. The relationship is seen as both a historical as well as ongoing one.\n\nFocusing on those who exist and practice in the shadow of statist medicine, the book discusses the many ways in which they try to heal a range of maladies, and how they experience their marginality. The contributors also provide a history of such therapeutics, in the process challenging the widesp.