Border Medicine : A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo

Border Medicine A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo

MexicanAmerican folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-U.S.border region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenousand Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hendrickson, Brett, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press [2014]
Colección:North American Religions ; 10
Materias:
HISTORY / Latin America / General.
MEDICAL / History.
RELIGION / General.
Healing > Mexican-American Border Region.
Traditional medicine > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican Americans > Relgion.
Mexican Americans > Medicine.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009865637606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
  • 2. American Metaphysical Religion and the West
  • 3. Curanderismo in the United States
  • 4. Channels of Healing
  • 5. Mexican American Healing and the American Spiritual Marketplace
  • 6. Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present
  • 7. Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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