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Curanderismo : Mexican American folk healing / Robert T. Trotter II and Juan Antonio Chavira ; with a foreword by Luís D. León.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trotter, Robert T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican Americans--Folklore.
- Mexican Americans.
- Traditional medicine--United States.
- Traditional medicine.
- Healing--United States--Folklore.
- Healing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Second edition, University of Georgia Press paperback edition
- Place of Publication:
- Athens [Ga.] : University of Georgia Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The practice of curanderismo, or Mexican American folk medicine, is part of a historically and culturally important health care system deeply rooted in native Mexican healing techniques. This is the first book to describe the practice from an insider's point of view, based on the authors' three-year apprenticeships with curanderos (healers). Robert T. Trotter and Juan Antonio Chavira present an intimate view of not only how curanderismo is practiced but also how it is learned and passed on as a healing tradition. By providing a better understanding of why curanderos continue to be in demand despite the lifesaving capabilities of modern medicine, this text will serve as an indispensable resource to health professionals who work within Mexican American communities, to students of transcultural medicine, and to urban ethnologists and medical anthropologists.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""1 Curanderismo: Past and Present Viewpoints""; ""2 The History of Curanderismo""; ""3 The Cultural Context of Illness""; ""4 Curanderos' Theories of Healing""; ""5 The Material Level""; ""6 The Spiritual Level""; ""7 The Mental Level""; ""8 The Future of Curanderismo""; ""APPENDIX""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX"";
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613035172
- 9781283035170
- 1283035170
- 9780820340715
- 0820340715
- OCLC:
- 707926692
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