Naming the local : medicine, language, and identity in Korea since the fifteenth century /
Suh, Soyoung,
Naming the local : medicine, language, and identity in Korea since the fifteenth century / Soyoung Suh. - 228 p. ; 24 cm - Harvard East Asian monographs ; 404 .
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.--
9780674976962 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Traditional medicine--History.--Korea
Medicine--History.--Korea
615.8809519 / S9478n
Naming the local : medicine, language, and identity in Korea since the fifteenth century / Soyoung Suh. - 228 p. ; 24 cm - Harvard East Asian monographs ; 404 .
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.--
9780674976962 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Traditional medicine--History.--Korea
Medicine--History.--Korea
615.8809519 / S9478n