New cures, old medicines : women and the commercialization of traditional medicine in Bolivia / Lynn Sikkink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sikkink, Lynn.

Series:

Case studies in cultural anthropology

Case studies in cultural anthropology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traditional medicine--Commerce--Bolivia.

Traditional medicine.

Coca.

Women--Commerce--Bolivia.

Women.

Medicinal plants--Commerce--Bolivia.

Medicinal plants.

Commerce.

Bolivia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub Co, [2010 [that is, 2009]

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Contents:

Chapter 1 Andean Traditional Medicines in Rural Settings and Community Exchange Networks 1

Introduction 1

Setting and Environment 6

A Brief Introduction to Andean Medicine 11

Bolivian Language and Ethnicity 13

Fieldwork and Research Methodology 15

Summary 18

Chapter 2 Traditional Medicines in New Contexts: Old Cultural Practices in New Venues 19

Introduction 19

The Hot and Cold System in Traditional Healing and Exchange 20

Traditional Medicines, Commerce, and Change 25

Healing in the City: A Traditional Medicine Practice 28

Summary 31

Chapter 3 Women's Roles in Andean Marketplaces: Shopping in the Andes 33

Introduction 33

Cochabamba's La Cancha: Tarzan in the Marketplace 34

The Marketplace as a Crossroads 36

Gender and the Marketplace 38

The Informal Economic Sector 48

Summary 50

Chapter 4 Marketing Medicines in Rural Bolivia: San Pedro de Condo 51

Traditional Medicines as Communal Resources: Where Herbal Remedies Come From 51

San Pedro de Condo: A Village of Enterpreneurs 56

Sense of Place: Traditional Medicines and the Local Geography 57

A Trajectory from Rural Home to Regional Marketplace 61

Traditional Medicine Exchange at Home in San Pedro de Condo 61

Summary 65

Chapter 5 Selling Medicines at Condo's Regional Marketplaces: Huari, Challapata, and Oruro 66

The Huari Fair: From Colonial Fair to Regional Market 66

The Challapata Fair: The "New" Regional Marketplace 74

Between Field and City: Oruro Vendors of Traditional Medicines 81

Summary 87

Chapter 6 Bolivian Traditional Medicines and Urban Commercialization: Medicine Vendors in Cochabamba 88

Introduction: From Love Charms to Medicinal Teas 88

The Cochabamba Marketplace: Layout and History 92

Vendors and Their Medicinal Wares 94

Rural-Urban Interfaces: Marketwomen and Medicinal Wares 97

Healing and the Morality of Marketplace Exchange 107

Summary 109

Chapter 7 Coca, Coca Medicines, and the Dilemma of Coca in the Andes and Beyond 110

Introduction: Coca as Drug/Coca as Sacred 110

Coca in the Andean Countryside: Traditional Uses of Coca 113

Coca Wine 120

From Coca Wine to Coca-Cola 121

Coke versus Coca: Origin Myths 122

Coca Medicines and Changing Perceptions of Health 123

Coca Production and Coca Eradication 127

Summary 134

Chapter 8 Natural Medicine and Naturopaths in Bolivia:

A New Twist on Traditional Medicine 136

Naturismo and Naturistas in Contemporary Bolivia 137

Commerce and Healing: The Marketplace Services of a Natural Medicine Doctor 143

Dragon's Blood, Commercialization, and Naturismo 147

Wilson: New Opportunities in the City 149

Maribel: From Q'uwera to Naturista 151

Aleph: From Pharmacy to Traditional Medicine Cottage Industry 154

Summary 156

Chapter 9 Traditional Medicines and Intellectual Property Rights 157

Introduction: A Case of Conflicting Claims 157

Wira-Wira and Traditional Medicines as Common Resources 161

Biotechnology Firms versus the Rights of Prior Use:

Patents and Problems 164

Potential Solutions 165

Summary 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780495837114

0495837113

OCLC:

320474787