The Resource Border medicine : a transcultural history of Mexican American curanderismo, Brett Hendrickson
Border medicine : a transcultural history of Mexican American curanderismo, Brett Hendrickson
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 233 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
-
- Part II
- Saints and Spirits
- 3
- Curanderismo in the United States
- 61
- 4
- Channels of Healing
- 86
- Part III
- New Directions in Curanderismo
- Part I
- 5
- Mexican American Healing and the American Spiritual Marketplace
- 113
- 6
- Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present
- 140
- 7
- Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition: Problems and Possibilities
- 172
- Contact and Combination
- 1
- Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
- 19
- 2
- American Metaphysical Religion and the West
- 37
- Isbn
- 9781479834785
- Label
- Border medicine : a transcultural history of Mexican American curanderismo
- Title
- Border medicine
- Title remainder
- a transcultural history of Mexican American curanderismo
- Statement of responsibility
- Brett Hendrickson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hendrickson, Brett
- Dewey number
- 973/.0468722 23
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GR111.M49
- LC item number
- H46 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2015 D-971
- WZ 80.5.H8
- Series statement
- North American religions
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Traditional medicine
- Healing
- RELIGION
- MEDICAL
- HISTORY
- Label
- Border medicine : a transcultural history of Mexican American curanderismo, Brett Hendrickson
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Part II
- Saints and Spirits
- 3
- Curanderismo in the United States
- 61
- 4
- Channels of Healing
- 86
- Part III
- New Directions in Curanderismo
- Part I
- 5
- Mexican American Healing and the American Spiritual Marketplace
- 113
- 6
- Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present
- 140
- 7
- Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition: Problems and Possibilities
- 172
- Contact and Combination
- 1
- Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
- 19
- 2
- American Metaphysical Religion and the West
- 37
- Control code
- ocn876883307
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 233 pages
- Isbn
- 9781479834785
- Lccn
- 2014024571
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781479846320
- (OCoLC)876883307
- Label
- Border medicine : a transcultural history of Mexican American curanderismo, Brett Hendrickson
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Part II
- Saints and Spirits
- 3
- Curanderismo in the United States
- 61
- 4
- Channels of Healing
- 86
- Part III
- New Directions in Curanderismo
- Part I
- 5
- Mexican American Healing and the American Spiritual Marketplace
- 113
- 6
- Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present
- 140
- 7
- Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition: Problems and Possibilities
- 172
- Contact and Combination
- 1
- Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
- 19
- 2
- American Metaphysical Religion and the West
- 37
- Control code
- ocn876883307
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 233 pages
- Isbn
- 9781479834785
- Lccn
- 2014024571
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781479846320
- (OCoLC)876883307
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