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Mesoamerican healers / edited by Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Indians of Mexico--Medicine.
- Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Rites and ceremonies.
- Indians of Central America.
- Indians of Central America--Medicine--Guatemala.
- Shamans--Latin America.
- Shamans.
- Healers--Latin America.
- Healers.
- Midwives--Latin America.
- Midwives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (421 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Healing practices in Mesoamerica span a wide range, from traditional folk medicine with roots reaching back into the prehispanic era to westernized biomedicine. These sometimes cooperating, sometimes competing practices have attracted attention from researchers and the public alike, as interest in alternative medicine and holistic healing continues to grow. Responding to this interest, the essays in this book offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practices in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of prehispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, including bonesetters, curers, midwives, nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritualists. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, the authors examine such topics as the intersection of gender and curing, the recruitment of healers and their training, healers' compensation and workload, types of illnesses treated and recommended treatments, conceptual models used in diagnosis and treatment, and the relationships among healers and between indigenous healers and medical and political authorities.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword, by Bernard Ortiz de Montellano""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""CHAPTER 1: Introduction, by Brad R. Huber""; ""CHAPTER 2: Curers and Their Cures in Colonial New Spain and Guatemala: The Spanish Component, by Luz María Hernández Sáenz and George M. Foster""; ""CHAPTER 3: Curanderismo in Mexico and Guatemala: Its Historical Evolution from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century, by Carlos Viesca Treviño""; ""CHAPTER 4: Central and North Mexican Shamans, by James W. Dow""; ""CHAPTER 5: A Comparative Analysis of Southern Mexican and Guatemalan Shamans, by Frank J. Lipp""
- ""CHAPTER 6: Mistress of Lo Espiritual, by Kaja Finkler""""CHAPTER 7: Recruitment, Training, and Practice of Indigenous Midwive:s From the Mexico-United States Border to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, by Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom""; ""CHAPTER 8: Maya Midwives of Southern Mexico and Guatemala, by Sheila Cosminsky""; ""CHAPTER 9: Relations between Government HealthWorkers and Traditional Midwives in Guatemala, by Elena Hurtado and Eugenia Sáenz de Tejada""; ""CHAPTER 10: Mesoamerican Bonesetters, by Benjamin D. Paul and Clancy McMahon""
- ""CHAPTER 11: Mexican Physicians, Nurses, and Social Workers, by Margaret E. Harrison""""CHAPTER 12: Mesoamerican Healers and Medical Anthropology: Summary and Concluding Remarks, by Alan R. Sandstrom""; ""Glossary""; ""References Cited""; ""Contributors to the Volume""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-383) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-79796-6
- OCLC:
- 607853007
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