{"product_id":"histories-of-health-and-materiality-anne-gerritsen-9781350196483","title":"Histories of Health and Materiality in the Indian Ocean World: Medicine, Material Culture and Trade, 1600-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroducing materiality into the study of the history of medicine, this volume hones in on communities across the Indian Ocean World and explores how they understood and engaged with health and medical commodities. Opening up spatial dimensions and challenging existing approaches to knowledge, power and the market, it defines 'therapeutic commodity' and explores how different materials were understood and engaged with in various settings and for a number of purposes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering new spatial realms within which the circulation of commodities created new regimes of meaning, \u003ci\u003eHistories of Health and Materiality in the Indian Ocean World\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how medicinal substances have had immediate and far-reaching economic and political consequences in various capacities. From midwifery and umbilical cords, to the social spaces of soap, perfumes in early modern India and remedies for leprosy, this volume considers a vast range of material culture in medicinal settings to better understand the history of medicine and its role in global connections since the early 17th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Gerritsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350196487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350196483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d","brand":"Anne Gerritsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311164608767,"sku":"9781350196483","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4529cb8-a4ff-43a8-a152-733487ff72ca.jpg?v=1730888701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/histories-of-health-and-materiality-anne-gerritsen-9781350196483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}