They all want magic curanderas and folk healing / Elizabeth de la Portilla.

Author/creator Portilla, Elizabeth de la.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoCollege Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press,
Descriptionx, 147 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Hispanic American women healers--Texas. --San Antonio.
Medical anthropology--Mexican-American Border Region.
Healing--Mexican-American Border Region. --Religious aspects.
Herbs--Therapeutic use.
Biculturalism--Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region--Civilization.

Portion of title Curanderas and folk healing
SeriesRio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 16
Contents Introduction -- The road home -- Living in the borderlands means -- Work as medicine -- Curanderismo as a template for a Mexican American world view -- Healers and their clients -- La planta es la vida: the cultural life of plants in curanderismo -- Curanderismo and its possibilities.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008034983
ISBN9781603440998 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1603440992 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781603441148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN160344114X (pbk. : alk. paper)