Title Border medicine : a transcultural history of Mexican American curanderismo / Brett Hendrickson

Published New York ; London : New York University Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) : illustrations Series North American religions North American religions. Contents Part I. Contact and combination -- Part II. Saints and spirits -- Part III. New directions in curanderismo Summary "Mexican American folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-U.S. border region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenous and Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats the sick person with a variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies, intercessory prayer, body massage, and energy manipulation. Curanderos, 'healers, ' embrace a holistic understanding of the patient, including body, soul, and community. Border Medicine examines the ongoing evolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. Illuminating the ways in which curanderismo has had an impact not only on the health and culture of the borderlands but also far beyond, the book tracks its expansion from Mexican American communities to Anglo and multiethnic contexts. While many healers treat Mexican and Mexican American clientele, a significant number of curanderos have worked with patients from other ethnic groups as well, especially those involved in North American metaphysical religions like spiritualism, mesmerism, New Thought, New Age, and energy-based alternative medicines. Hendrickson explores this point of contact as an experience of transcultural exchange. Drawing on historical archives, colonial-era medical texts and accounts, early ethnographies of the region, newspaper articles, memoirs, and contemporary healing guidebooks as well as interviews with contemporary healers, Border Medicine demonstrates the notable and ongoing influence of Mexican Americans on cultural and religious practices in the United States, especially in the American West"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT University of South Alabama gnd Subject Mexican Americans -- Medicine Mexican Americans -- Religion. Traditional medicine -- Mexican-American Border Region Healing -- Mexican-American Border Region Mexican Americans. Spiritual healing. Medicine, Traditional -- history Mexican Americans History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Spiritual Therapies HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. MEDICAL -- History. Spiritual healing Mexican Americans Healing Mexican Americans -- Medicine Mexican Americans -- Religion Traditional medicine Heiler Medizintourismus Transnationalisierung Ethnomedizin Grenzgebiet SUBJECT United States -- ethnology https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481Q000208 Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region Mexiko Form Electronic book ISBN 9781479861293 1479861294 9781479843015 1479843016 9781479846320 1479846325

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