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Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China

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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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Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China 2003, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231128056

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Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China 2003, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231128049

Hardcover