Joseph S. Alter
Autore di Yoga in Modern India: The Body between Science and Philosophy
Sull'Autore
Joseph S. Alter teaches anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1958
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Istruzione
- University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.|medical anthropology)
- Attività lavorative
- professor (anthropology)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Pittsburgh
- Breve biografia
- Joseph S. Alter's research specializs is in medical anthropology with interest in the relationship among religion, nationalism, health and the body in South Asia. Specific projects have focused on sport, sexuality, yoga, ayurvedic medicine, unani medicine and transnational transformations of medical knowledge. He is currently involved in a project to study the relationship among Nature Cure, ecology and worldview in contemporary India.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 6
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 57
- Popolarità
- #287,973
- Voto
- 4.0
- ISBN
- 18