Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Remarkable ethnography. Collaborative research at its best. The text builds on multiple shifts in perspective, moving between shamans and their patients, cosmology and political economy, shamanism as belief system and shamanism as business. The result is one of the most comprehensive, richly nuanced studies in ethnomedical literature. This is an excellent text for teaching shamanism in medical anthropology courses. The clarity of writing and the authors' skill in presenting sophisticated ideas in an engaging manner make it useful at both undergraduate and graduate levels. It offers a wealth of information for specialists interested in ethnomedicine, cosmology, and ritual."—
Medical Anthropology QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Eduardo CalderÓn
2. VÍctor Neyra
3. Ruperto Navarro
4. Masias Guerrero
5. Porfirio Vidarte
6. Roberto Rojas
7. Rodrigo LÓpez
8. Helmer Aguilar
9. VÍctor Flores
10. Nilo Plasencia
11. JosÉ Paz
12. Jorge Merino
13. Curanderismo: Occupational Considerations
14. The Metaphysics of Curanderismo
15. Curandero Clients and the Experience of DaÑo
16. Patients of VÍctor Flores
17. Patients of Nilo Plasencia
18. Comparative Cases: Patients of Jorge Merino and Eduardo CalderÓn
19. Metaphors of Mistrust and Suspicion
20. The Work of Curanderos
Epilogue: Tinku
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
