Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China
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Qigong --a regimen of body, breath, and mental training exercises--was one of the most widespread cultural and religious movements of late-twentieth-century urban China. The practice was promoted by senior Communist Party leaders as a uniquely Chinese healing tradition and as a harbinger of a new scientific revolution, yet the movement's mass popularity and the almost religious devotion of its followers led to its ruthless suppression. In this absorbing...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231140665
ISBN13:9780231140669
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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