DIFFERENT TRUTHS: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards.
by De Smet, Peter A.G.M
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- first
- Condition
- Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- ISBN 10
- 9460220177
- ISBN 13
- 9789460220173
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About This Item
Amsterdam:: KIT Publishers,, (2010). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First edition., a large trade paperback. An exploration of supernatural and natural healing practices all over the world through 270 colonial postcards from a private collection, published in conjunction with an exhibition of these postcards in the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, 2009. Shown in their original colors, the cards are a rich source of visual information about native health and healing, but also a source which needs to be considered with care, since many reflect the colonial prejudices and racist attitudes of the time. Notes, references. Large format. 215 pp
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- Title
- DIFFERENT TRUTHS: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards.
- Author
- De Smet, Peter A.G.M
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9460220177
- ISBN 13
- 9789460220173
- Publisher
- KIT Publishers,
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam:
- Date Published
- (2010)
- Keywords
- folk medicine, diseases, africa, china,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ethnobotany;
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