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This text examines the relationship between colonization and Aboriginal bodies. It looks at the impact of Indian policy on the health of Aboriginal people, and how they preserved their understandings about the body, disease and therapeutics.
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- PublisherUniversity of British Columbia Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 077480677X
- ISBN 13 9780774806770
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages544
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Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50
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University of British Columbia Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 077480677X
ISBN 13: 9780774806770
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Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. 8vo 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 CanadaÂ's most populous Aboriginal population. She explores the effect which CanadaÂ's Indian policy has had on Aboriginal bodies and considers how humanitarianism and colonial medicine were used to pathologize?. book. Seller Inventory # 261653
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