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Curandero conversations : El Niño Fidencio, shamanism and healing traditions of the borderlands / Antonio Zavaleta and Alberto Salinas Jr. ; introduction by Jamie Sams

By:

Zavaleta, Antonio

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--AuthorPublication details: Bloomington, IN : AuthorHouse , 2009.Description: xxii, 461 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781449000882

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DDC classification:

615.3 ZAV

LOC classification:

RM666.H33 Z38 2009

Contents:

A testimonial -- Healing the spirit : life as a spiritual journey -- Curanderismo : the healing arts and sciences -- Curanderismo : healing the body's aches and pains -- Curanderismo : Healing the frailties of the mind -- Healing the heart : cheating husbands and the other woman -- Healing the workplace : the treacherous world beyond the home -- Healing injustice : in and out of jail -- Healing the evil around us : witches, spirits & demon possession -- Giving thanks : prayers answered and miracles received -- Appendix I. Cultural competency -- Appendix II. Important Internet resource links -- Appendix III. A border herbal.

Summary: Following an introduction by renowned Native American healer and author, Jamie Sams, the book examines 190 actual email-based consultations with the curandero (Alberto Salinas, Jr.), followed by the anthropologist's (Dr. Antonio Zavaleta) 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	615.3 ZAV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		028228

"The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College"--T.p.

Located in Gloria Grant Room - special collection of San Miguel de Allende authors.

Antonio Zavaleta is a San Miguel de Allende author.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-440) and index.

Following an introduction by renowned Native American healer and author, Jamie Sams, the book examines 190 actual email-based consultations with the curandero (Alberto Salinas, Jr.), followed by the anthropologist's (Dr. Antonio Zavaleta) 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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