Curanderas-traditional healers in Mexican culture-bridge the gaps between multiple planes of existence-spiritual and material, modern and pre-modern-dispensing medicinal herbs, prayers, and instruction.
Retelling the stories various healers have shared, interp.
As a scholar, an ethnographer, and a curandera in training, her parallel perspectives uniquely aid readers in understanding this subordinated culture.
Elizabeth de la Portilla writes of the world and practices of San Antonio curanderas.
Curanderas-traditional healers in Mexican culture-bridge the gaps between multiple planes of existence-spiritual and material, modern and pre-modern-dispensing medicinal herbs, prayers, and instruction