This book examines alternative healing practices in American popular culture. From traditional folk approaches to more recent developments, it discusses the rise and fall of more than 100 popular approaches to addressing both physical ailments and mental health needs.
Offering insightful accounts of everything from aging prevention to voodoo & Santeria, Alternative Healing in American History: An Encyclopedia from Acupuncture to Yoga situates each popular approach in the history and culture of health and wellness in America. Moreover, the book shows that "orthodox" medicine and unconventional approaches may have more in common than many people think, because both are subject to the changing nature of the medical understanding and the strength of their appeal to consumers.
While the main focus is on remedies lying outside the medical mainstream, the book also highlights how many widely accepted therapeutic treatments of the past-for example, "the water cure" (hydrotherapy) or lobotomy (psychosurgery)-fell out of favor and were quickly forgotten. Besides examining popular healing techniques, the book also explores the changing nature of the medical marketplace and how once-standard treatments (e.g., leeching, psychoanalysis) have had their ups and downs. The book comprises five chronological sections covering time periods from pre-1900 to the present.
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The wide range of subjects and the fact that there is a renewed interest in alternative and complementary medicine make this a very useful resource for public, consumer health, and academic libraries. * Booklist *
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Grundschule und weiterführende Schule
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Höhe: 260 mm
Breite: 183 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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978-1-4408-6033-1 (9781440860331)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Michael Shally-Jensen is an independent author and editor who holds a PhD in cultural anthropology, with a specialization in American studies.
Alphabetical List of Entries
Introduction
Pre-1900
Introduction
Bloodletting and Leeching
Chinese Traditional Medicine
Folk Medicine
Homeopathy
Hydrotherapy
Hysteria
Medicine Shows
Mesmerism and Hypnotherapy
Moral Treatment
Native American Traditional Medicine
Neurasthenia, or Nervous Exhaustion
Patent Medicines
Phrenology
Purgatives and Emetics
Sanatoriums
Sanitation Campaigns and Public Health
Spas and Mineral Waters
Spiritualism
Witch Trials and Exorcisms
1900-1950s
Introduction
Anthroposophic Medicine
Anxiety and Its Treatment
Art and Music Therapy
Behavioral Theories and Therapies
Chiropractic
Client-Centered Therapy
Depression and Its Treatment
Dianetics
Diet and Exercise
Dream Interpretation
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Faith Healing and Prayer
Gestalt Therapy
Jung and Jungian Analysis
Lobotomy and Other "Psychosurgeries"
Mental Hospitals
Orgone Therapy
Osteopathy
Psychoanalysis
Sex, Sexology, and Sex Therapy
12-Step Programs
1960s-1970s
Introduction
Acupuncture
Alternative Diagnostics
Aromatherapy and Essential Oils
Astrology
Ayurvedic Medicine
Biofeedback
Craniosacral Therapy
Dance Therapy
Encounter Groups
Est and Other "Human Potential" Therapies
Existential Psychotherapy
Feldenkrais Method
Herbal Remedies
Macrobiotics
Magnet Therapy
Meditation and Mindfulness
Milieu Therapy and Therapeutic Community
Primal Therapy and Feeling Therapy
Reflexology
Rolfing
Vegetarianism
Voodoo and Santeria
Yoga
1980s-2000
Introduction
Aging Prevention, or "Successful Aging"
Anger and Anger Management
Antioxidants
Codependency Counseling
Crystals
Detox Diets
Diet Pills and Metabolism Boosters
Guided Imagery, or Visualization
Health and Wellness Gurus
Infomercials and Wellness Promotion
Juice and Juicing
Mind-Body Medicine
Naturopathic Medicine
Past Life Regression Therapy
Recovered Memory Therapy, "Split Personality," and Satanism
Recovery Movement
Reiki and Therapeutic Touch
Self-Help
Shamanism and Neo-Shamanism
Shiatsu
Stress and Stress Management
Sweat Lodges and Saunas
Tai Chi and Qigong
Vitamins and Minerals
Walking and Jogging
2000-Present
Introduction
Bottled Water
Breathwork
Cupping
Deep Brain Stimulation
Drama Therapy
Eating Organic
Fat and Obesity Surgery-and Other Weight-Loss Methods
Narrative Therapy and Writing Therapy
Neurodiversity
Paleo Diet
Pet Therapy
Psychedelic Drugs
About the Author and Contributors
Index
