"Good" manufacturing by whose standards? remaking concepts of quality, safety, and value in the production of tibetan medicines

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-378

  Craig, Sienna R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Commoditization; Cultural identity; Good manufacturing practices; Governance; Tibet; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051622492     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: 15341518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2011.0027     Document Type: Article

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