Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland

Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and IrelandFolk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary Western society are currently experiencing a renaissance, albeit with features that are unique to this historical moment. At the same time biomedicine is under scrutiny, experiencing a number of distinct and multifaceted crises. In this volume the authors draw together cutting edge cross cultural, interdisciplinary research in Britain and Ireland, focusing on exploring the role

With an emphasis on how current neoliberal policies have affected institutions of cultural production and dissemination

Sheds new light on both pro and antislavery politics in the nineteenth-century Americas

The art of darkness features interviews with Andrew Eldritch

Benvenuto Cellini reveals all the salacious details of his exhilarating life

Similarly this collection represents an eclectic mix of material that is absolutely contemporary and previously unpublished

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the antiquarian who rose from humble origins to enjoy a successful career in the service of the emperor Augustus

Introduces new conceptual frameworks for girls' studies

listing both curative and preventative management tactics

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