Curanderismo - Mexican American Folk Healing (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

The practice of curanderismo, or Mexican American folk medicine, is part of a historically and culturally important health care system deeply rooted in native Mexican healing techniques. This is the first book to describe the practice from an insider's point of view, based on the authors' three-year apprenticeships with curanderos (healers). Robert T. Trotter and Juan Antonio Chavira present an intimate view of not only how curanderismo is practiced but also how it is learned and passed on as a healing tradition. By providing a better understanding of why curanderos continue to be in demand despite the lifesaving capabilities of modern medicine, this text will serve as an indispensable resource to health professionals who work within Mexican American communities, to students of transcultural medicine, and to urban ethnologists and medical anthropologists.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	November 1997
Authors:	Robert T. Trotter • Juan Antonio Chavira • Robert T. Trotter II (Arizona Regents' Professor, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA)
Foreword by:	Luis D. Leon
Dimensions:	216 x 139 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-1962-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8203-1962-7
Barcode:	9780820319629

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