TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hendrickson,Brett
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Border Medicine : : A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo / 
T2  - North American religions
SN  - 9781479843015
AV  - GR111.M49 H46 2014
U1  - 973.0468722 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - London
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - University of South Alabama
KW  - gnd
KW  - Grenzgebiet
KW  - Ethnomedizin
KW  - Transnationalisierung
KW  - Medizintourismus
KW  - Heiler
KW  - Traditional medicine
KW  - fast
KW  - Mexican Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Healing
KW  - Spiritual healing
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - United States
KW  - State & Local
KW  - General
KW  - Guerison par la foi
KW  - Medecine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 21e siecle
KW  - 20e siecle
KW  - 19e siecle
KW  - Americains d'origine mexicaine
KW  - Guerison
KW  - Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine
KW  - Spiritual Therapies
KW  - History, 21st Century
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - History, 19th Century
KW  - Medicine, Traditional
KW  - history
KW  - Mexican-American Border Region
KW  - Mexiko
KW  - North America
KW  - ethnology
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. Contact and combination -- Part II. Saints and spirits -- Part III. New directions in curanderismo; Open Access
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/36076/
ER  -