“Hindoo” Bodies: American Representations of Indian Medicine, Health, and Disease
Noon-1 p.m., Thursday, November 16, 2017 Ingraham Hall, Room 206 Presentation by Michael J. Altman, assistant professor, religious studies, University of Alabama Many examples point to the ways nineteenth-century American ideas about sex, bodies, health, disease, and medicine connected to the history and culture of India in a variety of ways. This paper argues that Americans …