'Women and Reiki' is the first ethnographic study of Reiki and energetic healing in Britain. The book argues that if we are to build an accurate and comprehensive picture of healing we must examine the role of gender, representation and power. Although women healers predominate at the grass roots level these factors have been largely ignored in academic studies of New Age and alternative spiritualities. The acknowledgement of women's power in these studies is to be found somewhere between male-dominated biomedical approaches to health and apparently more egalitarian holistic discourse and practice. Using the work of theorists such as Michel Foucault and Meredith McGuire, the book shows that women healers are using Reiki and other healing spiritualities to actively engage in a politics of reclamation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781845531546
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95011593
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Gender Issues, Clinical Psychology
Author
Judith Macpherson
Publication Name
Women and Reiki: Energetic/Holistic Healing in Practice
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
243 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
363g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Judith Macpherson
Series Title
Gender, Theology and Spirituality
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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