Acupuncture as Revolution Suffering, Liberation, and Love

In November 1970, an amalgam of radical activists took over a section of the notorious Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx of New York. From that action an innovative drug detoxification program evolved. Hidden behind better-known narratives of the program is the history of a movement, led by African American and Latinx activists, that sought to employ acupuncture to transform the heroin addiction ravaging their communities and the capitalism, colonialism, and "chemical warfare" it saw as causative factors. Acupuncture as Revolution traces the history of revolutionary acupuncture in the United States, from its origins in the radicalism of the 1960s to its modern manifestation in the community acupuncture movement. The book compels the reader to look beyond popular conceptions of Western ac

ISBN:	9781739922108
Publisher:	Brevis Press Ltd
Imprint:	Brevis Press
Published date:	31 Oct 2021
DEWEY:	362.293097309047
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	251
Weight:	348g
Height:	215mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	21mm

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