They all want magic: curanderas and folk healing

Introduction -- The road home -- Living in the borderlands means -- Work as medicine -- Curanderismo as a template for a Mexican American world view -- Healers and their clients -- La planta es la vida: the cultural life of plants in curanderismo -- Curanderismo and its possibilities

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Main Author: Portilla, Elizabeth de la (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: College Station, Tex Texas A&M University Press c2008
In: Rio Grande, Río Bravo (16)
Year: 2008
Reviews:Review: They All Want Magic, by Elizabeth de la Portilla (2011) (Mulcahy, Joanne B.)
Edition:1. ed
Series/Journal:Rio Grande, Río Bravo 16
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B San Antonio, Tex. (Region) / Healing woman
B USA / Mexico / Borderland / Spirit healing / Cultural contact / Scientific thinking / Spiritual experience
Further subjects:B Biculturalism (Mexican-American Border Region)
B Hispanic American women healers (Texas) (San Antonio)
B Medical anthropology (Mexican-American Border Region)
B Mexican-American Border Region Civilization
B Herbs Therapeutic use
B Healing (Mexican-American Border Region) Religious aspects
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Summary:Introduction -- The road home -- Living in the borderlands means -- Work as medicine -- Curanderismo as a template for a Mexican American world view -- Healers and their clients -- La planta es la vida: the cultural life of plants in curanderismo -- Curanderismo and its possibilities
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1603440992

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