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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press
[2014]
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| Series: | North American Religions ;
10 |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009865637606719 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
