{"product_id":"border-medicine-9781479834785","title":"Border Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexican\u003cbr\u003eAmerican folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-U.S.\u003cbr\u003eborder region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenous\u003cbr\u003eand Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats the sick person with\u003cbr\u003ea variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies, intercessory prayer,\u003cbr\u003ebody massage, and energy manipulation. Curanderos,\u003cbr\u003ehealers, embrace a holistic understanding of the patient, including body,\u003cbr\u003esoul, and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorder Medicine examines the ongoing\u003cbr\u003eevolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenth\u003cbr\u003ecentury to the present. Illuminating the ways in which curanderismo has had an impact not only on the health and culture\u003cbr\u003eof the borderlands but also far beyond, the book tracks its expansion from Mexican\u003cbr\u003eAmerican communities to Anglo and multiethnic context\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful and beautifully written ethno-historical study of curanderismo in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Brett Hendrickson deftly refuses to romanticize curanderos, their healing practices, or the men and women who go to them for help and guidance. He situates the complex religious and cultural realities of the historic and contemporary American Southwest, and shows how Mexican American lived borderlands religion fits within American religious history. Hendricksons portrayal of the rich and complex hybrid practice of Mexican American religious healing sets the new standard for how we will view healing, religious exchange, and hybridization among the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and beyond. -- Kristy Nabhan-Warren,author of The Virgin of El Barrio: Marian Apparitions, Catholic Evangelizing, and Mexican America\u003cbr\u003eProvides an important approach to the study of religions and healing, offering a history of Mexican American healing in conversation with some Anglo `new age religious healing. Difficult, yes, but splendidly handled by this author. Hendrickson advances discussions of religions, medicines, and healing, looking at these topics with new eyes; the book itself a conversation starter that I highly recommend. -- Stephanie Mitchem,University of South Carolina\u003cbr\u003eOverall, Hendrickson offers a good general introduction geared to readers completely unfamiliar with this topic. * Oral History Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe bookpresents substantial historiographical analysis and epistemic reasoning on Mexican American curanderismo (traditional healing) and is particularly attractive for readers since the key arguments draw heavily from the authors first-hand knowledge. * Social Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents      Preface ix      Acknowledgments xv      Introduction 1      Part I. Contact and Combination      1. Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region 19      2. American Metaphysical Religion and the West 37      Part II. Saints and Spirits      3. Curanderismo in the United States 61      4. Channels of Healing 86      Part III. New Directions in Curanderismo      5. Mexican American Healing and the American 113 Spiritual Marketplace      6. Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present 140      7. Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition: 172 Problems and Possibilities      Conclusion 195      Glossary 199      Notes 203      Bibliography 217      Index 229      About the Author 233\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409072038231,"sku":"9781479834785","price":55.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781479834785.jpg?v=1730505335","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/border-medicine-9781479834785","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}