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