Towards the glocalisation of complementary and alternative medicine: homeopathy, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine practice and regulation in Brazil and Portugal
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Knowledge Production and Social TransformationAbstract
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been presented in the sociological literature as a global phenomenon. Yet CAM has simultaneously been shaped by different ‘civic epistemologies’, or national cultures, and re-embedded into local contexts. This ‘glocalism’ of CAM, in turn, is a result of intercultural exchanges over time. This chapter compares CAM practice and regulation in two countries with a long-standing relationship—Brazil and Portugal. Homeopathy, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine have been chosen as case studies. We show how Brazil and Portugal, despite their participation in CAM’s global culture, have presented differing national projects on the subject, as well as how these projects have resulted from intercultural hybridism over time. This chapter highlights the glocalism and interculturalism of CAM, a perspective largely absent from its sociological analysis to date.Citation
Almeida J, Siegel P, Barros N (2018) 'Towards the glocalisation of complementary and alternative medicine: homeopathy, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine practice and regulation in Brazil and Portugal', in Brosnan C, Vuolanto P, Danell J-A B (ed(s).). Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Knowledge Production and Social Transformation, edn, : Palgrave Macmillan pp.113-137.Publisher
Palgrave MacmillanAdditional Links
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73939-7_5Type
Book chapterLanguage
enISBN
9783319739380ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/978-3-319-73939-7_5