Sikkink, Lynn.
New cures, old medicines : women and the commercialization of traditional medicine in Bolivia / Lynn Sikkink. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub Co, c2010. - xiv, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Case studies in cultural anthropology. . - Case studies in cultural anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.
Andean traditional medicines in rural settings and community exchange networks -- Traditional medicines in new contexts: old cultural practices in new venues -- Women's roles in Andean marketplaces: shopping in the Andes -- Marketing medicines in rural Bolivia: San Pedro de Condo -- Selling medicines at Condo's regional marketplaces: Huari, Challapata, and Oruro -- Bolivian traditional medicines and urban commercialization: medicine vendors in Cochabamba -- Coca, coca medicines, and the dilemma of coca in the Andes and beyond -- Natural medicine and naturopaths in Bolivia: a new twist on traditional medicine -- Traditional medicines and intellectural property rights -- The future of traditional medicines in Bolivia.
9780495837114 0495837113
2009920556
Traditional medicine--Bolivia.
Women--Commerce--Bolivia.
Medicinal plants--Bolivia.
Coca.
610 / SIN
New cures, old medicines : women and the commercialization of traditional medicine in Bolivia / Lynn Sikkink. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub Co, c2010. - xiv, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Case studies in cultural anthropology. . - Case studies in cultural anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.
Andean traditional medicines in rural settings and community exchange networks -- Traditional medicines in new contexts: old cultural practices in new venues -- Women's roles in Andean marketplaces: shopping in the Andes -- Marketing medicines in rural Bolivia: San Pedro de Condo -- Selling medicines at Condo's regional marketplaces: Huari, Challapata, and Oruro -- Bolivian traditional medicines and urban commercialization: medicine vendors in Cochabamba -- Coca, coca medicines, and the dilemma of coca in the Andes and beyond -- Natural medicine and naturopaths in Bolivia: a new twist on traditional medicine -- Traditional medicines and intellectural property rights -- The future of traditional medicines in Bolivia.
9780495837114 0495837113
2009920556
Traditional medicine--Bolivia.
Women--Commerce--Bolivia.
Medicinal plants--Bolivia.
Coca.
610 / SIN