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Product Identifiers
PublisherTexas A&M University Press
ISBN-10160344114X
ISBN-139781603441148
eBay Product ID (ePID)22038499403
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThey All Want Magic : Curanderas and Folk Healing
SubjectEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Folklore & Mythology, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, North America, Herbal Medications, Healing / Prayer & Spiritual
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorElizabeth De La
Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit, Health & Fitness, Social Science, History
SeriesRio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-034983
Dewey Edition22
Reviews". . . . This book will enlighten us and remind us of a living part of Mexican American-Latina/o culture with which we all need to remain in contact." -- Eliseo "Cheo" Torres, author of Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing, ". . . . This book will enlighten us and remind us of a living part of Mexican American-Latina/o culture with which we all need to remain in contact." -- Eliseo "Cheo" Torres, author of Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing
Series Volume Number16
Dewey Decimal306.4/610972/1
SynopsisCuranderas-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. ELIZABETH DE LA PORTILLA, an assistant professor of bilingual and bicultural studies in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio, holds a joint appointment in the anthropology department there., 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 ., 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. This book writes of the world and practices of San Antonio curanderas.
LC Classification NumberGN296.5.U6P67 2008
