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Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China Chen, Nancy (University of California at Santa Cruz)
Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China
Chen, Nancy (University of California at Santa Cruz)
The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China since the early 1980s. This text examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan and the USA.
256 pages, 20photos
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 4, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231128049 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 160 × 15 mm · 464 g |
| Language | English |