They All Want Magic : Curanderas and Folk Healing /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Portilla, Elizabeth de la
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 2009 .
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Biculturalism > Mexican-American Border Region.
Herbs > Therapeutic use.
Healing > Mexican-American Border Region > Religious aspects.
Medical anthropology > Mexican-American Border Region.
Hispanic American women healers > Texas > San Antonio.
Mexican-American Border Region > Civilization.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The road home
  • Living in the borderlands means
  • Work as medicine
  • Curanderismo as a template for a Mexican American world view
  • Healers and their clients
  • La planta es la vida: the cultural life of plants in curanderismo
  • Curanderismo and its possibilities.

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