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Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China Nancy N. Chen
Breathing Spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China
Nancy N. Chen
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, 20 photographs
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 4, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231128056 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 279 × 231 × 22 mm · 402 g |