Breathing Spaces
Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China
The charismatic form of healing called qigong, based on meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Qigong served a critical social organizational function, as practitioners formed new informal networks, sometimes on an international scale, at a time when China was shifting from state-subsidized medical care to for-profit market medicine. The emergence of new psychological states deemed to be deviant led the Chinese state to medicalize certain forms while championing scientific versions of qigong. By contrast, qigong continues to be promoted outside China as a traditional healing prac…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-231-12804-9
- EAN: 9780231128049
- Produktnummer: 1531123
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H16.0 cm x B23.5 cm x D1.5 cm 464 g
- Gewicht: 464
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Nancy N. Chen
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