M Cristina Zaccarini
Biographic Data
| ID | 5712818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Cristina Zaccarini |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaccarini |
| SIGNATURE | ZACCARINI M C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Daoist-inspired Healing in Daily Life
This paper examines the role of Chinese barbers in the 19th and 20th centuries, utilizing recent Daoist scholarship together with the contemporaneous observations of Western physicians and travelers. Its impetus emerges from Dr. John Dudgeon’s depictions of Chinese health practices as rooted in Daoism as well as connected to the healing role of barbers. Other Western observers who did not share Dr. Dudgeon’s positive opinions and were critical of…
Modern Medicine in Twentieth-Century Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian and Sichuan
With Chinese efforts to modernise medicine at the turn of the twentieth century, many intellectuals feared the loss of cultural integrity that would ensue, as modern medicine was tied to the very imperialists that were the cause of China's problems. Historians have proven Chinese intellectuals' fears to be well-founded, as, for example, studies have determined that in Old Beijing and Tianjin, modernisation brought conceptual shifts in the underst…
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Modern Medicine in Twentieth-Century Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian and Sichuan
With Chinese efforts to modernise medicine at the turn of the twentieth century, many intellectuals feared the loss of cultural integrity that would ensue, as modern medicine was tied to the very imperialists that were the cause of China's problems. Historians have proven Chinese intellectuals' fears to be well-founded, as, for example, studies have determined that in Old Beijing and Tianjin, modernisation brought conceptual shifts in the underst…
Daoist-inspired Healing in Daily Life
This paper examines the role of Chinese barbers in the 19th and 20th centuries, utilizing recent Daoist scholarship together with the contemporaneous observations of Western physicians and travelers. Its impetus emerges from Dr. John Dudgeon’s depictions of Chinese health practices as rooted in Daoism as well as connected to the healing role of barbers. Other Western observers who did not share Dr. Dudgeon’s positive opinions and were critical of…
Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Traditional medicine (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Autonomy (1 work) · Beijing (1 work) · China (1 work) · Competition (biology (1 work)