Mesoamerican healers /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2001.
Description:	xiii, 403 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Indians of Mexico -- Rites and ceremonies. Indians of Mexico -- Medicine. Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Rites and ceremonies. Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Medicine. Shamans -- Latin America. Healers -- Latin America. Midwives -- Latin America. Healers. Indians of Central America -- Medicine. Indians of Central America -- Rites and ceremonies. Indians of Mexico -- Medicine. Indians of Mexico -- Rites and ceremonies. Midwives. Shamans. Guatemala. Latin America.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4505805

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Other authors / contributors:	Huber, Brad R. (Brad Richard), 1954- Sandstrom, Alan R.
ISBN:	0292734549 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292734565 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-383) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Curers and Their Cures in Colonial New Spain and Guatemala: The Spanish Component
Curanderismo in Mexico and Guatemala: Its Historical Evolution from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century
Central and North Mexican Shamans
A Comparative Analysis of Southern Mexican and Guatemalan Shamans
Mistress of Lo Espiritual
Recruitment, Training, and Practice of Indigenous Midwives: From the Mexico-United States Border to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Maya Midwives of Southern Mexico and Guatemala
Relations between Government Health Workers and Traditional Midwives in Guatemala
Mesoamerican Bonesetters
Mexican Physicians, Nurses, and Social Workers
Mesoamerican Healers and Medical Anthropology: Summary and Concluding Remarks
Glossary
References Cited
Index

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