Prescriptions for Virtuosity. The Postcolonial Struggle of Chinese Medicine, Paperback/Eric I. Karchmer

Prescriptions for Virtuosity documents how Chinese medicine has been transformed by the postcolonial encounter with biomedicine. It shows how doctors of Chinese medicine have responded to their postcolonial predicament through hybrid innovation, developing new forms of virtuosity to keep their clinical practice relevant in contemporary Chinese society. Publisher: Fordham University Press Author(s): Eric I. Karchmer Illustration(s): 21 b/w illustrations Number of pages: 272 Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 22 Cover type: Paperback / softback