Jennifer Koshatka Seman

Borderlands Curanderos: The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo

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Produktbeschreibung

A historical exploration of the worlds and healing practices of two curanderos (faith healers) who attracted thousands, rallied their communities, and challenged institutional powers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: UNIV OF TEXAS PR
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 150mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781477321928
• ISBN-10: 1477321926
• Artikelnr.: 59986430

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Koshatka Seman is a lecturer in history at Metropolitan State University in Denver. Her work has appeared in Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses and the Journal of the West.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. Borderlands Curanderos: The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and
Don Pedrito Jaramillo
2. Part I. Santa Teresa Urrea
* Chapter 1. The Mexican Joan of Arc: Healing and Resistance in the
US-Mexico Borderlands
* Chapter 2. Laying on of Hands: Espiritismo and Modernity in the Urban
Borderlands of San Francisco and Los Angeles
3. Part II. Don Pedrito Jaramillo
* Chapter 3. All Roads Lead to Don Pedrito Jaramillo: Healing the
Individual and the Social Body in the South Texas Río Grande Valley
* Chapter 4. In the Clutches Of Black Magic: Curanderismo and the
Construction of a Mexican American Identity in the US-Mexico
Borderlands
4. Conclusion
5. Appendix: Don Pedrito Jaramillo Cure Sample
6. Acknowledgments
7. Notes
8. Bibliography
9. Index