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Curandero Conversations: El Niño Fidencio, Shamanism and Healing Traditions of the Borderlands
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Product Description
Curandero Conversations offers something for everyone. Following an introduction by renowned Native American healer and author, Jamie Sams, the book examines 190 actual email-based consultations with the curandero, followed by the anthropologist's commentary. The book also offers three major appendices including information for understanding cultural competencies in the delivery of health care, Internet resource links for continued study, and the most complete medicinal plant herbal used by curanderos/as on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #299953 in Books
- Published on: 2009-08-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.55 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 484 pages
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About the Author
Anthropologist, Antonio "Tony" Zavaleta and curandero, Alberto Salinas Jr., have teamed up to deliver the most important look into the heart and soul of U.S.-Mexico border and Latino/a healing and spirituality ever published. Tony Zavaleta lives in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and has dedicated his professional career to the health issues confronting transborder populations. Alberto Salinas Jr. has done the same by dedicating his life to the service of his community as a traditional healer, or curandero.
