They All Want Magic Curanderas and Folk Healing

Name: They All Want Magic Curanderas and Folk Healing
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ISBN: 9781603441148

ISBN-10: 160344114X

ISBN-13: 9781603441148

Edition: 2008

Authors: Elizabeth de la

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Curanderastraditional healers in Mexican culturebridge the gaps between multiple planes of existencespiritual and material, modern and pre-moderndispensing medicinal herbs, prayers, and instruction. Elizabeth de la Portilla writes of the world and practices of San Antonio curanderas. As a scholar, an ethnographer, and a curandera in training, her parallel perspectives uniquely aid readers in understanding this subordinated culture. Retelling the stories various healers have shared, interpreting their answers to her probing questions, and describing the herbs and recipes they use in their arts, the author vividly illuminates the borderland context of San Antonio. Scholars and readers of…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication date: 3/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English