Ayurvedic and Unani health and beauty products: Reworking India's medical traditions

Authors	M. Bode
Supervisors	J.D.M. van der Geest C.M. Leslie
Award date	15-06-2004
Organisations	Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Downloads	Thesis Cover Titlepage Contents Preface List of Tables List of Illustrations Introduction: The Anatomy of the study Chapter 1: The Kitchen, the Government and the Market: the Commodification of Indian Medicine Chapter 2: Manufacturers, Products and Markets: Sameness and Uniqueness Chapter 3: The Un-Bridged Gap: Reworking Ayurvedic and Unani Substances through Modern Science and Technology Chapter 4: The Representation of Indian Health and Beauty Products in the Advertising Media: Traditions, Modernity and Nature Chapter 5: The Construction of an Indian Modernity: Inspiring Nationalism as Reaction to the Inroads of Westernization General Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Summary Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) Illustrations Cover
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