Border Medicine - 9781479846320

Border MedicineA Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo\nAuthor(s): Brett Hendrickson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479846320, 978-1479846320\nSynopsis\nMexican\n American folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-[url]\n border region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenous\n and Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats the sick person with\n a variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies, intercessory prayer,\n body massage, and energy manipulation. Curanderos,\n \""healers,\"" embrace a holistic understanding of the patient, including body,\n soul, and community.\n \n Border Medicine examines the ongoing\n evolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenth\n century to the present. Illuminating the ways i.