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Article: Qigong Fever: Body, Science and Utopia in China

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Qigong Fever: Body, Science and Utopia in China, by David A. Palmer. London: C. Hurst & Co., 2007. xii + 356 pp. £25.00 (hardcover).

Qigong Fever is a welcome addition to the surprisingly thin collection of academic writings on qigong, a traditional art practiced by millions in the world today. Unlike other writers, who have focused on specific issues like qigong deviation (Nancy Chen's Breathing Spaces) or modes of transmission (Elizabeth Hsu's Transmission of Chinese Medicine), David A. Palmer chooses to analyze the "body technique" broadly and historically, tracing its beginning from the inception of the CCP to its rise to become the most popular urban religious/spiritual movement ...

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