They All Want Magic, 16: Curanderas and Folk Healing

by Elizabeth de la Portilla

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160344114X
• ISBN13: 9781603441148
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"