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Colonizing bodies : Aboriginal health and healing in British Columbia, 1900-50
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Colonizing bodies : Aboriginal health and healing in British Columbia, 1900-50
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

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Creators
Kelm, Mary-Ellen.
Description
"Colonizing Bodies examines the impact of colonization on Aboriginal health in British Columbia during the first half of the twentieth century. Using postmodern and postcolonial conceptions of the body and the power relations of colonization, Kelm shows how a pluralistic medical system evolved."

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Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
077480677X
Statement of Responsibility
Mary-Ellen Kelm.
Publication Information
Vancouver : UBC Press
Physical Description
xxiii, 248 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm
Electronic Location and Access
Also available online (authentication may be required)
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