Mesoamerican Healers
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Mesoamerican Healers
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Author : Brad R. Huber
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Mesoamerican Healers written by Brad R. Huber and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Healing practices in Mesoamerica span a wide range, from traditional folk medicine with roots reaching back into the prehispanic era to westernized biomedicine. These sometimes cooperating, sometimes competing practices have attracted attention from researchers and the public alike, as interest in alternative medicine and holistic healing continues to grow. Responding to this interest, the essays in this book offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practices in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of prehispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, including bonesetters, curers, midwives, nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritualists. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, the authors examine such topics as the intersection of gender and curing, the recruitment of healers and their training, healers' compensation and workload, types of illnesses treated and recommended treatments, conceptual models used in diagnosis and treatment, and the relationships among healers and between indigenous healers and medical and political authorities.
Women And Knowledge In Mesoamerica
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Author : Paloma Martinez-Cruz
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2011-11
Women And Knowledge In Mesoamerica written by Paloma Martinez-Cruz and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
Paloma Martinez-Cruz argues that the medicine traditions of Mesoamerican women constitute a hemispheric intellectual lineage that continues to thrive despite the legacy of colonization. Martinez-Cruz asserts that indigenous and mestiza women healers are custodians of a knowledge base that remains virtually uncharted. The few works looking at the knowledge of women in Mesoamerica generally examine only the written—even academic—world, accessible only to the most elite segments of (customarily male) society. These works have consistently excluded the essential repertoire and performed knowledge of women who think and work in ways other than the textual. And while two of the book’s chapters critique contemporary novels, Martinez-Cruz also calls for the exploration of non-textual knowledge transmission. In this regard, the book's goals and methods are close to those of performance scholarship and anthropology, and these methods reveal Mesoamerican women to be public intellectuals. In Women and Knowledge in Mesoamerica, fieldwork and ethnography combine to reveal women healers as models of agency. Her multidisciplinary approach allows Martinez-Cruz to disrupt Euro-based intellectual hegemony and to make a case for the epistemic authority of Native women. Written from a Chicana perspective, this study is learned, personal, and engaging for anyone who is interested in the wisdom that prevailing analytical cultures have deemed “unintelligible.” As it turns out, those who are unacquainted with the sometimes surprising extent and depth of wisdom of indigenous women healers simply haven’t been looking in the right places—outside the texts from which they have been consistently excluded.
Mesoamerican Experiences Of Illness And Healing
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Author : Rebecca Dufendach
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-27
Mesoamerican Experiences Of Illness And Healing written by Rebecca Dufendach and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-27 with History categories.
The sixteenth-century encounter between Mesoamericans and Europeans resulted in a tremendous loss of life in indigenous communities and significantly impacted their health and healing strategies. Contributors to this special issue of Ethnohistory address how indigenous people experienced bodily health in the wake of this encounter. By exploring archival indigenous and Spanish-language documents, contributors address how bodily health was experienced in the wake of the European encounter and uncover transformations of health discourses and experiences of illness. They investigate eclectic healing practices and medical chants; changing notions of the causes of illnesses; and the language of cleansing ceremonies, bone-setting, midwifery, and maternal medicine. Contributors. Sabina Cruz de la Cruz, Rebecca Dufendach, Servando Hinojosa, Timothy W. Knowlton, Gabrielle Vail, Edber Dzidz Yam
Cultura Y Bienestar
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Author : Concepcion Saucedo Martinez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-04-06
Cultura Y Bienestar written by Concepcion Saucedo Martinez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-06 with Health & Fitness categories.
Ethnic minorities underutilize mental health services, and when they do seek treatment, dropout rates are high. The need for culturally sensitive therapies that incorporate the spiritual values of the minority client cannot be overstated.Authors Ricardo Carrillo, PhD, and Concepcion Martinez Saucedo, PhD, argue that traditional Mesoamerican healing approaches to mental health issues can and should be used by a wide variety of health care practitioners and those in supportive roles, including psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers.In Cultura y Bienestar: MesoAmerican Based Healing and Mental Health Practice Based Evidence, these two experts discuss the efficiency and potential of such traditional practices as Mexican curanderismo, medicina papalote (butterfly medicine), and medicinal drumming.Traditional healing practices view the physical, the mental, and the spiritual as a unified system-unlike the Western approach to mental health and its tendency toward reductionist, symptom-based treatment. Mesoamerican healing also places the patient within the larger context of the community.What Carrillo and Saucedo suggest is nothing less than a revolution in mental health services, blending allopathic care and traditional healing with Western methodologies to create a culturally inclusive care system that acknowledges and respects the spiritual values of minority clients.
Healing Powers Of Curanderismo
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Author : Pablo Serra
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-16
Healing Powers Of Curanderismo written by Pablo Serra and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-16 with categories.
The Generations Old Healthcare System Widely Practiced Today...Despite the marvel of modern medicine, Curanderismo remains as relevant to modern medicine as it has done for timeless generations. Originating from Mexican American traditions, this healing art is still widely practiced throughout communities focusing on physical healing as well as spiritual healing through rituals, practices and mores.If you are: -Wanting to connect more with Mexican culture -Looking to deepen your understanding of natural healing-Seeking to further your knowledge to better yourself and other professionally-Or wish to develop personal practices for your own benefitServing as an indispensable guide to health professionals, students of Mexican American culture and to urban ethnologists and medical anthropologists. This book will take a deep dive into Curanderismo, and its vital importance to modern medicine with comprehensive and practical info. The Practice Of Curanderismo Curanderismo is the practice of a Mexican American folk medicine with significant historical importance and utilises healing techniques that are deeply rooted in native Mexican culture. This guide will walk you through how Curanderismo is practiced and how it is taught and passed on as a healing tradition. We will answer questions and reveal why Curanderos stay in high demand alongside the revolutionary and life saving technologies of modern medicine. Included In This Comprehensive Guide To Curanderismo: -Step-by-step instructions for the practice of Limpias, shamanic cleansing rituals to heal, purify, and revitalize people as well as physical spaces-A history on Curanderismo, its relevance, importance and more-Examinations of the multiple types of Limpia ceremonies including fire rites for transformations, water rites for cleansing and influencing, and sweeping rites for divination-Exploring the sacred stories behind Limpia rituals and traces these Curanderismo practices to their indigenous roots -Applications for curanderismo, where these practices are commonly used for healing, their effects and treatments-The unique philosophies that construct Curandisimo, the soul's involvement, strength of one's family, and the deep social connections involved with the tradition.Limpias You will discover and learn about the tools and practices of these shamans so you can conduct the most common practice within Curanderismo: Limpias. With practical and effective applications you'll be able to cleanse, heal, purify and revitalise people and spaces with herbs, flowers, eggs, feathers, fire, and water.But not only will you be able to help those around you but empower yourself, as Limpias are an incredibly powerful tool for spiritual growth, soul retrieval, rebirth, and gracefully opening up pathways for new beginnings.So click add to cart now and discover the most profound remedies for personal, spiritual and professional enlightenmen
Cultura Y Bienestar
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Author : Ricardo A. Carrillo
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-05-19
Cultura Y Bienestar written by Ricardo A. Carrillo and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-19 with Alternative medicine categories.
"Western approaches to mental health care often fail to effectively treat ethnic minorities and underrepresented populations. This is especially true for clients from Mesoamerican cultures, whose spiritual values are often ignored by well-meaning but culturally insensitive psychotherapists, psychologists, and social workers. Ricardo Carrillo, PhD, and Concepcion Martinez Saucedo, PhD, founders of the Latino early intervention program Cultura y Bienstar, advocate including traditional healing practices into modern mental health care. Spiritually relevant and based on centuries of empirical testing, curanderismo and other Mesoamerican medicinal prqactices offer the culturally competent mental health practitioner the opportunity to successfully engage with underserved populations, increasing both treatment efficiency and client retention rates. From traditional herbal remedies proven effective by scientific testing to therapeutic ritual drumming, Mesoamerican healing practices have much to offer both their own communities and the world at large--powerful healing techniques that public health and mental health services cannot afford to ignore"--Back cover.
For All Of Humanity
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Author : Martha Few
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2015-10-22
For All Of Humanity written by Martha Few and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-22 with History categories.
For All of Humanity examines the first public health campaigns in Guatemala, southern Mexico, and Central America in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It reconstructs a rich and complex picture of the ways colonial doctors, surgeons, Indigenous healers, midwives, priests, government officials, and ordinary people engaged in efforts to prevent and control epidemic disease.
Healing By Hand
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Author : Servando Z. Hinojosa
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2004
Healing By Hand written by Servando Z. Hinojosa and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Medical categories.
Healing by Hand presents the first cross-cultural perspective on manual medicine studies--the practice of body therapists that is routinely overlooked by medical practitioners and social scientists. The authors describe how manual medicine is one of the primary providers of "traditional" medicine. It takes numerous forms across the world's communities, and represents beliefs and practices about healing, physical and psychological states, and the relation between culture and health. This volume is a valuable resource for manual practitioners of western medicine, including massage therapists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths, as well as those with traditional training. It is especially recommended for courses such as medical anthropology, health and human culture, technology and the developing world, sociology of health, international health, and health care systems.
Cultura Y Bienestar
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Author : Ricardo Carrillo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-02-25
Cultura Y Bienestar written by Ricardo Carrillo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-25 with Psychology categories.
This book will attempt to present how traditional healing approaches have modified mental health practices in the Southwestern United States in collaboration with natural healers, psychiatrists and mental health system of care, prevention, and primary care clinics.
Mesoamerican Mythology
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Author : Kay Almere Read
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002-06-13
Mesoamerican Mythology written by Kay Almere Read and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-13 with Fiction categories.
Illustrated with scores of drawings and halftone photos, this guidebook to the mythology of Mexico and Central America focuses mainly on Mexican Highland and Maya areas, due to their importance in Mesoamerican history.