Healing Powers and Modernity: Traditional Medicine, Shamanism, and Science in Asian Societies

Linda H. Connor teaches anthropology at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia Geoffrey Samuel teaches anthropology at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vincanne Adams is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Amanda Harris has recently carried out field research in Iban longhouse communities in Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the topics of healing, modernity, and transformations of Iban identity in the context of the politics of the Malaysian nation-state Cynthia L. Hunter has carried out work with nongovernment organizations on maternal and child health projects in Eastern Indonesia Craig R. Janes is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and on the faculty of Program in Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado-Denver Laurel Kendall is Curator of Asian Ethnographic Collections at the American Museum of Natural History, and also teaches in the Anthropology Department at Columbia University Carol Laderman is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the City College of New York Mark Nichter is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Medical Anthropology Kalpana Ram is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Macquarie University, Sydney Marina Roseman is Associate Professor and Research Coordinator at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California, and Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology, Indiana University Sydney D. White is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Temple UniversityHealing Powers and Modernity: Traditional Medicine, Shamanism, and Science in Asian Societies, was published 2001 under ISBN 9780897897150 and ISBN 0897897153.