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Subaltern Medicine and Social Mobility: The experience of the Ezhava in Kerala
The revival or re-formulation of the indigenous medical tradition among the Ezhava under colonialism was closely interconnected with the process of caste mobilisation , and the augmentation of their social aspirations. For the Ezhava, body, health and methods of care were important sites of negotiat...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Indian Anthropologist
2007
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| Online adgang: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/008111.pdf |
| Summary: | The revival or re-formulation of the indigenous medical tradition among the Ezhava under colonialism was closely interconnected with the process of caste mobilisation , and the
augmentation of their social aspirations. For the Ezhava, body, health and methods of care were important sites of negotiation with the dominant caste Hindu tradition as well as with the western notions of science. This was accompanied by a conscious negation of the health care and cultural practices practiced by the Ezhava prior to the influence of colonialism. Thus ' modernisation ' of the indigenous health care tradition can be seen as an attempt to carve out a space in the immediate social environment by raising a claim to
the dominant tradition as well as being part of the western notions of Science |
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| Fysisk beskrivelse: | Vol. 37, No. 1 |