The first book to thoroughly examine bonesetting in Guatemala, Maya Bonesetters offers an ethnographic portrait of an underdocumented yet culturally vital healing tradition within the lived landscape of its practitioners.
The first book to thoroughly examine bonesetting in Guatemala, Maya Bonesetters offers an ethnographic portrait of an underdocumented yet culturally vital healing tradition within the lived landscape of its practitioners.
Servando Z. Hinojosa is a professor of anthropology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of In This Body: Kaqchikel Maya and the Grounding of Spirit and coeditor of Healing by Hand: Manual Medicine and Bonesetting in Global Perspective. Servando G. Hinojosa is a retired educator and an active sculptor, muralist, and illustrator.
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Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction Chapter 1. Bonesetting over Time Chapter 2. Empirical Forms of Maya Bonesetting Chapter 3. Sacred Forms of Maya Bonesetting Chapter 4. Challenges and Changes in the Injury Landscape Conclusion
Appendix. Traditional Medicine and Bonesetting: Integration and Lessons Notes References Index
Introduction Chapter 1. Bonesetting over Time Chapter 2. Empirical Forms of Maya Bonesetting Chapter 3. Sacred Forms of Maya Bonesetting Chapter 4. Challenges and Changes in the Injury Landscape Conclusion
Appendix. Traditional Medicine and Bonesetting: Integration and Lessons Notes References Index
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