Medicine, Bodies, and Minds in South Asia

Histories and cultures of medicine, illness, and healing in South Asia, including indigenous systems of medicine and healing, cultures of biomedicine, and contemporary health issues, as well as non-medical social and religious constructs of body and mind. Caste, class, gender, and sexuality as changing social forms in which concepts of body are diverse and integral, and on colonial, anti-colonial, and nationalist concerns with bodily practice and mental health.