Curandero conversations
Subtitle: El Niño Fidencio, shamanism and healing traditions of the borderlands
By: Antonio Zavaleta and Alberto Salinas Jr. ; introduction by Jamie Sams
Contributors: Salinas, Alberto, Jr; Sams, Jamie, 1951-
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9781449000882; 9781449000899
Subjects: Herbs; Therapeutic use; Traditional medicine; Mexican Americans; Medicine; Healers; Healing; Folklore; Social life and customs; Traditional Medicine; Medicinal Plants; Cultural Competency
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 (Alberto Salinas, Jr.), followed by the anthropologist's (Dr. Antonio Zavaleta) 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. -- Publisher web site.
Notes: "The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-440) and index.
Table of contents: title: A testimonial; title: Healing the spirit : life as a spiritual journey; title: Curanderismo : the healing arts and sciences; title: Curanderismo : healing the body's aches and pains; title: Curanderismo : Healing the frailties of the mind; title: Healing the heart : cheating husbands and the other woman; title: Healing the workplace : the treacherous world beyond the home; title: Healing injustice : in and out of jail; title: Healing the evil around us : witches, spirits & demon possession; title: Giving thanks : prayers answered and miracles received; title: Appendix I. Cultural competency; title: Appendix II. Important Internet resource links; title: Appendix III. A border herbal.