Liberation Through Chinese Medicine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19225399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gwen D’Arcangelis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 82-105 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meridians (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-6936 • E-ISSN: 1547-8424 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/15366936-12207085 |
| OpenAlex | W7162669499 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Utilizing a healing justice framework that places healing at the center of liberation, this essay examines the role Chinese medicine plays in contemporary social justice praxes—from feminist and racial justice struggles to birth justice and disability justice movements. Based in data garnered from interviews with Chinese medicine practitioners who connect their practice to these social movements, the essay looks at healing work tailored to BIPOC and other targeted communities. More specifically, the essay focuses on Chinese medical treatment of trauma and other health consequences of oppression; and Chinese medical approaches of relationality, wholeness, self-healing, and attuning to the body’s wisdom, which are remarkably consonant with key social movement principles like empowerment and collective care. Overall, the essay argues that this healing work tightly tethers Chinese medicine to social movement goals, greatly expands the healing justice repertoire, and sustains movements in the hard work of liberation
Economic Justice · Empowerment · Social change · Social justice · Traditional Chinese medicine · Work (physics) · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Chinese history and philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |