ISBN:
9781479861293
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1479861294
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9781479843015
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1479843016
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9781479846320
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1479846325
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9781479834785
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 233 pages)
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illustrations.
Series Statement:
North American religions
Parallel Title:
Print version Border Medicine : A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo
DDC:
973.0468722
Keywords:
University of South Alabama
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Mexican Americans Medicine
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Mexican Americans Religion
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Traditional medicine Mexican-American Border Region
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Healing Mexican-American Border Region
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Mexican Americans Medicine
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Mexican Americans Religion
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Traditional medicine
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Healing
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Medicine, Traditional
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history
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Spiritual Therapies
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North America
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Mexican-American Border Region
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United States
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ethnology
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Mexican Americans
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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Medicine, Traditional history
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Spiritual Therapies
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HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; General
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MEDICAL ; History
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Healing
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Mexican Americans ; Medicine
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Mexican Americans ; Religion
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Traditional medicine
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Heiler
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Medizintourismus
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Transnationalisierung
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Ethnomedizin
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Grenzgebiet
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United States ethnology
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North America ; Mexican-American Border Region
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Mexiko
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Contact and Combination; 1. Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region; 2. American Metaphysical Religion and the West; Part II. Saints and Spirits; 3. Curanderismo in the United States; 4. Channels of Healing; Part III. New Directions in Curanderismo; 5. Mexican American Healing and the American Spiritual Marketplace; 6. Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present; 7. Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition: Problems and Possibilities; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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