Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China
- ISBN-10
- 0231128053
- ISBN-13
- 9780231128056
- Category
- Breathing exercises
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Nancy N. Chen
Description
The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Anthropologist Nancy N. Chen examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan, and the United States, and the pages of her book come alive with the narratives of the numerous practitioners, healers, psychiatric patients, doctors, and bureaucrats she interviewed.
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