Curandero : a life in Mexican folk healing /

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"Eliseo Torres, known as 'Cheo, ' grew up in the Corpus Christi area of Texas and knew, firsthand, the Mexican folk healing practiced in his home and neighborhood. Later in life, he wanted to know more about the plants and rituals of curanderismo. Torres's story begins with his e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Torres, Eliseo (Autor), Sawyer, Timothy L. (Timothy Leighton), 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2005]
Temas:
Healers > Mexico.
Healing > Mexico.
Traditional medicine > Mexico.
Shamanism.
Medicine, Traditional
Shamanism
Guérisseurs > Mexique.
Guérison > Mexique.
Chamanisme.
shamanism.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Healers
Healing
Traditional medicine
Mexico
Personal Narrative
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The healing tradition of a family and a culture
  • The awakening
  • I am healed by Doña María
  • I face the great black dog
  • My father's ancestral wisdom
  • Exotic rituals I have known
  • Don Pedrito, curandero
  • The great materia, Chenchito Alvarado
  • The midwife Doña Juana, a partera
  • Art Esquibel tells me the story of Teresita, Saint of Cabora
  • How I was fed and healed by plants
  • Folk healing in this modern world
  • Curanderismo goes to school
  • Recent curanderos.

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