Strange Kindness

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780761838814
• ISBN10: 0761838813
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-12
• Publisher: Hamilton Books

Summary

When Mabel (Chu, Cho-Shin) Tow (1914'¬ ;1999), one of the first Chinese women to practice medicine in China and the United States, shares her story with us, we may experience "the tender gravity of kindness" (the generative transmission of her lineage). That lineage becomes Tow's blend of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Mabel Tow was a boundary-crosser by being a Christian in China and a Chinese woman in America. In this reflective work, eight authors share their unique author-reader relationships with Strange Kindness as they dramatize further how Tow crossed the boundaries of gender, culture, religion, language, tradition, and medical practices. They vividly illustrate Tow's lineage-in-transmission, moving all into "tikkum olam," the poetic act of repairing the world.

Author Biography

Melissa Ann (Mei An) Reed teaches English literature and theatre arts for the International Baccalaureate Program at KDU Smart School in Malaysia.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Kindness
Strange Kindness	p. 3
Kindness in Words Creates Confidence	p. 97
Benevolence, Courage, Humility, and Keen Observation: Tow's Classical Chinese Medical Arts	p. 99
Reading Strange Kindness from Confucian and Taoist Perspectives	p. 105
Harmony of Kindness and Strange: Reading Strange Kindness through the Lenses of Holistic, Western Medical Art and Poetry Therapy	p. 111
Little Bamboo: A Five-Element Study of a Life Fully Lived	p. 121
Heart-mind Biopoetics and Tow's Moon Door	p. 127
Mabel Cho-Shin Tow	p. 139
Author Biographies	p. 141
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