Breathing spaces : qigong, psychiatry, and healing in China / Nancy N. Chen.

  • Chen, Nancy N.
Date:
[2003], ©2003
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About this work

Also known as

Qigong, psychiatry, and healing in China

Publication/Creation

New York : Columbia University Press, [2003], ©2003.

Physical description

xvi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-232) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Fever -- 3. Riding the tiger -- 4. Qigong deviation or psychosis -- 5. Chinese psychiatry and the search for order -- 6. Mandate of science -- 7. Transnational qigong -- 8. Suffering and healing.

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  • 0231128053
  • 9780231128056
  • 0231128045
  • 9780231128049