Mesoamerican healers
by Huber, Brad R., (Brad Richard) Sandstrom, Alan R.
A survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practises in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of pre-Hispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, from social workers to spiritualists.
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- Full title :Mesoamerican healers / edited by Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom.
Summary
A survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practises in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of pre-Hispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, from social workers to spiritualists.
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- Publication Date:2001.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication:Austin, TX
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 403 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0292734549, 9780292734548, 0292734565, 9780292734562
- oclc:ocm46661875
- LC Classification:F1219.3.R38
- Dewey Decimal:306.4/61
Table of Contents
Curers and their cures in colonial new Spain and Guatemala / by Luz María Hernández Sáenz and George M. Foster -- Curanderismo in Mexico and Guatemala / by Carlos Viesca Treviño -- Central and North Mexican Shamans / by James W. Dow -- A comparative analysis of Southern Mexican and Guatemalan Shamans / by Frank J. Lipp -- Mistress of lo espiritual / by Kaja Finkler -- Recruitment, training and practice of indigenous midwives / by Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom -- Maya midwives of Southern Mexico and Guatemala / by Sheila Cosminsky -- Relations between government health workers and traditional midwives in Guatemala / by Elena Hurtado and Eugenia Sáenz de Tejada -- Mesoamerican bonesetters / by Benjamin D. Paul and Clancy McMahon -- Mexican physicians, nurses and social workers / by Margaret E. Harrison -- Mesoamerican healers and medical anthropology / by Alan R. Sandstrom.
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