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Naming the local : medicine, language, and identity in Korea since the fifteenth century / Soyoung Suh.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, c2017Description: 228 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780674976962 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 615.8809519 S9478n
Summary: Examines the role of "locality" in medical innovations in Korea by tracing the origins of five key medical terms. Emerging within specific moments from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, each term represents both the aspirations and limitations of registering the local in the existing configuration of Korean medicine.-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Window on Korea Non-fiction 615.8809519 S9478n (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2017 01 Available WOK001004
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examines the role of "locality" in medical innovations in Korea by tracing the origins of five key medical terms. Emerging within specific moments from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, each term represents both the aspirations and limitations of registering the local in the existing configuration of Korean medicine.-- Provided by publisher.

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