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pp. xxiii [3] 248.”Using postmodern and postcolonial conceptions of the body and the power relations of colonization, Kelm shows how a pluralistic medical system evolved among Canadas most populous Aboriginal population. She explores the effect which Canadas Indian policy has had on Aboriginal bodies and considers how humanitarianism and colonial medicine were used to pathologize Aboriginal bodies and institute a regime of doctors, hospitals, and field matrons, all working to encourage assimilation. In this detailed but highly readable ethnohistory, Kelm reveals how Aboriginal people were able to resist and alter these forces in order to preserve their own cultural understanding of their bodies, disease, and medicine. “remainder mark on the base of the book
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| ISBN | 0774806788 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780774806787 | |
| Number of pages | 248 | |
| Original Title | Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50 | |
| Published Date | 1998 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No Dj | |
| Binding | paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Vancouver | |
| Edition | Third | |
| Category: | Native Studies | |
| Author: | Mary-Ellen Kelm | |
| Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press |
pp. xxiii [3] 248.”Using postmodern and postcolonial conceptions of the body and the power relations of colonization, Kelm shows how a pluralistic medical system evolved among Canadas most populous Aboriginal population. She explores the effect which Canadas Indian policy has had on Aboriginal bodies and considers how humanitarianism and colonial medicine were used to pathologize Aboriginal bodies and institute a regime of doctors, hospitals, and field matrons, all working to encourage assimilation. In this detailed but highly readable ethnohistory, Kelm reveals how Aboriginal people were able to resist and alter these forces in order to preserve their own cultural understanding of their bodies, disease, and medicine. “remainder mark on the base of the book
| Weight | 1.1 kg |
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