Patrizia Bassini
Biographic Data
| ID | 8211701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrizia Bassini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrizia |
| FAMILY NAME | Bassini |
| SIGNATURE | BASSINI P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Body in Balance
Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called “humoral medical traditions,” as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Exploring notions of “balance” in medical cultures across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, from antiquity to the present, the volume revisits “harmony” and “holism” as main characteristics of those traditions. It foregrounds a dynamic notion o…
The Hierarchy of Food Consumption and Tibetan Experiences of Gastric and Gallbladder Disorders in Amdo
This article examines Amdo Tibetan people's experiences of gastric (pho nad) and gallbladder disorders (mkhris nad) in rural Qinghai. I illustrate how different and multifaceted the experience of illness can be when viewed from a home-based perspective in contrast to perspectives that have prevalently favored as a starting point health professionals or medical texts. I pay particular attention to the use of domestic space and practices pertaining…
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The Hierarchy of Food Consumption and Tibetan Experiences of Gastric and Gallbladder Disorders in Amdo
This article examines Amdo Tibetan people's experiences of gastric (pho nad) and gallbladder disorders (mkhris nad) in rural Qinghai. I illustrate how different and multifaceted the experience of illness can be when viewed from a home-based perspective in contrast to perspectives that have prevalently favored as a starting point health professionals or medical texts. I pay particular attention to the use of domestic space and practices pertaining…
The Body in Balance
Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called “humoral medical traditions,” as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Exploring notions of “balance” in medical cultures across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, from antiquity to the present, the volume revisits “harmony” and “holism” as main characteristics of those traditions. It foregrounds a dynamic notion o…
Medicine (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Balance (ability) (1 work) · Consumption (sociology (1 work) · Hierarchy (1 work) · History of Medicine Studies (1 work) · Kinship (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law (1 work)