Curandero Conversations: El Niņo Fidencio, Shamanism and Healing Traditions of the Borderlands - Rilegato

Zavaleta, Antonio; Salinas, Alberto

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ISBN 10: 1449000894 ISBN 13: 9781449000899

Casa editrice: Authorhouse, 2009

Riassunto

Curandero Conversations offers something for everyone. Following an introduction by renowned Native American healer and author, Jamie Sams, the book examines 190 actual email-based consultations with the curandero, followed by the anthropologist's commentary. The book also offers three major appendices including information for understanding cultural competencies in the delivery of health care, Internet resource links for continued study, and the most complete medicinal plant herbal used by curanderos/as on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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L'autore:

Anthropologist, Antonio "Tony" Zavaleta and curandero, Alberto Salinas Jr., have teamed up to deliver the most important look into the heart and soul of U.S.-Mexico border and Latino/a healing and spirituality ever published. Tony Zavaleta lives in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and has dedicated his professional career to the health issues confronting transborder populations. Alberto Salinas Jr. has done the same by dedicating his life to the service of his community as a traditional healer, or curandero.

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• Editore: Authorhouse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1449000894
• ISBN 13: 9781449000899
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 484