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Border Medicine - A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo (Paperback)
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Border Medicine - A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo (Paperback)
Series: North American Religions
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Mexican American 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 indigenous and Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and
notions of the self, curanderismo treats the sick person with a
variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies,
intercessory prayer, body massage, and energy manipulation.
Curanderos, “healers,” embrace a holistic understanding of the
patient, including body, soul, and community. Border Medicine
examines the ongoing evolution of Mexican American religious
healing from the end of the nineteenth century to the present.
Illuminating the ways in which curanderismo has had an impact not
only on the health and culture of the borderlands but also far
beyond, the book tracks its expansion from Mexican American
communities to Anglo and multiethnic contexts. While many healers
treat Mexican and Mexican American clientele, a significant number
of curanderos have worked with patients from other ethnic groups as
well, especially those involved in North American metaphysical
religions like spiritualism, mesmerism, New Thought, New Age, and
energy-based alternative medicines. Hendrickson explores this point
of contact as an experience of transcultural exchange. Drawing on
historical archives, colonial-era medical texts and accounts, early
ethnographies of the region, newspaper articles, memoirs, and
contemporary healing guidebooks as well as interviews with
contemporary healers, Border Medicine demonstrates the notable and
ongoing influence of Mexican Americans on cultural and religious
practices in the United States, especially in the American West.
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