Remedios
Subtitle: the healing life of Eva Castellanoz
By: Joanne B. Mulcahy.
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Antonio, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781595340610; 9781595340658
Subjects: Castellanoz, Eva; Mexican American women healers -- Oregon -- Nyssa -- Biography; Indian women healers -- Oregon -- Nyssa -- Biography; Traditional medicine -- Oregon -- Nyssa; Mexican Americans -- Oregon -- Nyssa -- Social conditions
Genres: Biography
Description: "Blends creative nonfiction and ethnographic research to tell the stories of Eva Castellanoz, Mexican American curandera and community activist; explores Castellanoz's faith, indigenous identity, relationship to Catholicism, and use of traditional folk arts and healing, which she views as a way to overcome poverty, racism, disease, social inequality, and loss"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.