{"product_id":"border-medicine-3","title":"Border Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eMexican\u003cbr\u003e\nAmerican folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-U.S.\u003cbr\u003e\nborder region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenous\u003cbr\u003e\nand Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats the sick person with\u003cbr\u003e\na variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies, intercessory prayer,\u003cbr\u003e\nbody massage, and energy manipulation. Curanderos,\u003cbr\u003e\n“healers,” embrace a holistic understanding of the patient, including body,\u003cbr\u003e\nsoul, and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBorder Medicine examines the ongoing\u003cbr\u003e\nevolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenth\u003cbr\u003e\ncentury to the present. Illuminating the ways in which curanderismo has had an impact not only on the health and culture\u003cbr\u003e\nof the borderlands but also far beyond, the book tracks its expansion from Mexican\u003cbr\u003e\nAmerican communities to Anglo and multiethnic contexts. While many healers treat Mexican and Mexican\u003cbr\u003e\nAmerican clientele, a significant number of curanderos\u003cbr\u003e\nhave worked with patients from other ethnic groups as well, especially those\u003cbr\u003e\ninvolved in North American metaphysical religions like spiritualism, mesmerism,\u003cbr\u003e\nNew Thought, New Age, and energy-based alternative medicines. Hendrickson\u003cbr\u003e\nexplores this point of contact as an experience of transcultural exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDrawing\u003cbr\u003e\non historical archives, colonial-era medical texts and accounts, early\u003cbr\u003e\nethnographies of the region, newspaper articles, memoirs, and contemporary\u003cbr\u003e\nhealing guidebooks as well as interviews with contemporary healers, Border Medicine demonstrates the notable\u003cbr\u003e\nand ongoing influence of Mexican Americans on cultural and religious practices\u003cbr\u003e\nin the United States, especially in the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Brett Hendrickson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573484748982,"sku":"9781479843015","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781479843015.jpg?v=1712136838","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/border-medicine-3","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}