Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing

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Illustrated
2005
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Eliseo Torres, known as Cheo , grew up in the Corpus Christi area of Texas and knew, firsthand, the Mexican folk healing practised in his home and neighbourhood. Part personal pilgrimage, part compendium of medical knowledge, this moving book reveals curanderismo as both a contemplative and a medical practice that can offer new approaches to ancient problems.

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Eliseo Torres, known as "Cheo", grew up in the Corpus Christi area of Texas and knew, firsthand, the Mexican folk healing practised in his home and neighbourhood. Part personal pilgrimage, part compendium of medical knowledge, this moving book reveals curanderismo as both a contemplative and a medical practice that can offer new approaches to ancient problems.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 184
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 15 Apr 2005
ISBN 10: 082633640X
ISBN 13: 9780826336408