Band 16
They All Want Magic Curanderas and Folk Healing
Aus der Reihe
Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Borderla
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- Hardcover ausgewählt
- Taschenbuch
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 42.90
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.,
Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
01.03.2009
Verlag
Texas A & M Univ PrSeitenzahl
160
Maße (L/B/H)
23.4/15.5/1.8 cm
Gewicht
431 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-60344-099-8
"Curanderas"--traditional healers in Mexican culture--bridge the gaps between multiple planes of existence--spiritual and material, modern and pre-modern--dispensing 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 anthropology, sociology, Chicana and Chicano studies, and women's studies will savor the many layers of meaning and application in "They All Want Magic."
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