10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURANDERA»
Discover the use of
curandera in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
curandera and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Woman Who Glows in the Dark: A
Curandera Reveals Traditional ...
Explores traditional Mexican healing arts while offering insights into the soul-diminishing forces of modern society and suggestions for coping strategies for balancing one's life.
Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla’s first solo poetry collection.
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Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women Doctors
This book will fascinate anyone interested in the relationship between illness and healing-medical practitioners and historians, patients, anthropologists, feminists, psychologists, psychiatrists, theologians, sociologists, folklorists, and ...
Bobette Perrone, Victoria Krueger, H. Henrietta Stockel, 2012
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Latino Literature in America
Las Pasturas" (Bless Me, Ultima 80). As described by the narrator, "Ultima was a
curandera, a woman who knew the herbs and remedies of the ancients, a miracle
-worker who could heal the sick. And I had heard that Ultima could lift the curses
...
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Challenging Realities: Magic Realism in Contemporary ...
For Tey Diana Rebolledo: perhaps the most prominent contemporary archetypal
heroine in Chicana literature is the curandera/partera (healer/midwife) who is
also the witch. As do most complex symbols, the curandera/bruja encodes both ...
M. Ruth Noriega Sánchez, 2011
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Health Care in Maya Guatemala: Confronting Medical Pluralism ...
Practitioner type Number Minutes walk of plants Location to municipal Study ID
reported Age of residence center N03 Comadrona, curandera 24 65 Hamlet 25
N05 Comadrona, curandera 3 70 Municipal center 5 N06 Comadrona, curandera
.
Walter Randolph Adams, John Palmer Hawkins, 2007
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Chicano Folklore: A Handbook
The children's hospital, caring for our future http://www.thechildrenshospital.0rg/
publications/cfof/2000/00fall/l.cfm 10. Latino health beliefs http://www.public.asu.
edu/~squiroga/gutierre.HTM Curandem (Folk Healer) 1. A Mexican curandera in
...
María Herrera-Sobek, 2006
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Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine
Curanderos and Curanderas A curandero (male) or curandera (female) is a
healer who is believed to use natural remedies and supernatural ways to treat
illnesses. The belief is that evil spirits cause illness and that the curandero or
curandera ...
Lorin Cartwright, Rene Revis Shingles, 2011
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Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism
"Soy. una. Curandera. y. Soy. una. Catolica". The. Poetics. of. a. Mexican.
Healing. Tradition. From specialized healers to more ordinary women . . . who
labor privately in their homes, it is such curanderas who daily and relatively ...
Timothy M. Matovina, Gary Riebe-Estrella, 2002
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They All Want Magic: Curanderas and Folk Healing
Paradox is a word that appears frequently in his text and it is a good descriptor for
his view of the curandera's role in society. Li'inon, referring to June Macklin's
work on healers of New Mexico, says, "(She) epitomizes all of the good
associated ...
Elizabeth De La Portilla, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURANDERA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
curandera is used in the context of the following news items.
UNM professor shares tradition of curanderismo with community
“My mother, Olivia, was not called a curandera, but had all the skills and knowledge to qualify as one,” he writes in dedicating his memoir, ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
Seaside police: Tarot card reader wanted for fraud
They have included Botanica Guadalupe, Botanica Catalina, and Curandera Sr. Llanos, police said. Anyone with information on her true name ... «The Salinas Californian, Jun 15»
15 años de gigantes en Uharte Arakil
Eran el músico local Felipe Gorriti y Martija de Jauregi, una curandera que residió en Uharte Arakil hacia 1570. También un gigante txiki, con ... «Noticias de Navarra, Jun 15»
Art is Medicine Show - Celebrating 7 years of free, bilingual, bicycle …
... danger of being stepped on; poet-beetle, a mysterious wounded butterfly, a curandera beetle, fireflies, and a bad -tempered scorpion beetle. «Sonoma County Gazette, Jun 15»
Octavia Monaco creatrice del sacro femminino
... deità oblunghe antenate di tutte le donne resistenti a qualunque forma di potere maschile; qui la ricerca della “curandera” Monaco conduce ... «il manifesto, Jun 15»
Curandera without the egg?
Villalobos talks about some of the common myths about natural medicine and calls herself a “Curandera without the egg.” She plans to help ... «KRWG, May 15»
CSUSB student research presentations on Thursday
Entertainment for the event will include excerpts from CSUSB's theatre performance of “La Curandera,” the University Dance Company and the ... «San Bernardino County Sun, May 15»
'Curanderismo' is spiritual form of healing rising in popularity
"I am a curandera, but I am a blanco curandera," said Katrina, to clarify that she only practices positive faith healing and would never try to place ... «KENS 5 TV, May 15»
Remembering a mother who taught us reverence for life
As a curandera, she treated people who did not accept modern medicine and used the “weeds” from her garden, which she saw as medicinal. «Deseret News, May 15»
UTSA associate professor Carmen Tafolla named Texas State Poet …
Tafolla is the author of more than twenty acclaimed poetry and prose books, including "Curandera," "Sonnets and Salsa," and "The Holy Tortilla ... «UTSA Today, May 15»
