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UNINA9910458474203321 |
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Torres Eliseo |
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Healing with herbs and rituals : a Mexican tradition / / Eliseo "Cheo" Torres ; edited by Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 p.) |
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Herbs - Therapeutic use - Mexico |
Traditional medicine - Mexico |
Mexican Americans - Medicine |
Healers - Mexico |
Healing - Mexico |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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CHAPTER TWELVE. Green Medicine: An IntroductionCHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Brief History of Green Medicine; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Where to Get the Herbs; CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Preparing Herbs for Use; CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A Few Cautions; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Important Terms; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Keeping Green Medicine Alive; CHAPTER NINETEEN. Further Reading Pertaining to Green Medicine; APPENDIX: Spanish Language Listing of Plant Names; GLOSSARY OF HERBS; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
Cover; Contents; PREFACE TO CURRENT EDITION; PART ONE. Folk Healers and Folk Healing; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE. A Brief History of Curanderismo; CHAPTER TWO. The Curandero; CHAPTER THREE. Ailments; CHAPTER FOUR. The Rituals; CHAPTER FIVE. Folk Beliefs; CHAPTER SIX. Don Pedrito Jaramillo; CHAPTER SEVEN. Niño Fidencio; CHAPTER EIGHT. Teresita; CHAPTER NINE. Modern Curanderos; CHAPTER TEN. Fusing Traditional and Modern Medicine; CHAPTER ELEVEN. Further Reading Pertaining to Curanderismo; PART |
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TWO. Green Medicine: Traditional Mexican-American Herbs and Remedies; INTRODUCTION. |
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Healing with Herbs and Rituals is an herbal remedy-based understanding of curanderismo and the practice of yerberas, or herbalists, as found in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Part One, ""Folk Healers and Folk Healing, "" focuses on individual healers and their procedures. Part Two, ""Green Medicine: Traditional Mexican-American Herbs and Remedies, "" details traditional Mexican-American herbs and cures. These remedies are the product of centuries of experience in Mexico, heavily influenced by the Moors, Judeo-Christians, and Aztecs, and include e. |
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UNINA9910461657603321 |
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Autore |
Kunz Rahel |
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The political economy of global remittances : gender, governmentality and neoliberalism / / Rahel Kunz |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-283-15102-2 |
1-136-72409-5 |
9786613151025 |
0-203-81671-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy |
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Emigrant remittances - Mexico |
Women in development - Mexico |
Economic assistance - Mexico |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; The Political Economy of Global Remittances; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. A gender-sensitive governmentality approach; 3. The GRT in the international realm; 4. The GRT in Mexico; |
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5. The power technologies and subjectivities of the GRT in Mexico; 6. Resistance and empowerment within the GRT in Mexico; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Over the last decade, a new phenomenon has emerged within the international community: the Global Remittances Trend (GRT). Thereby, government institutions, international (financial) organisations, NGOs and private sector actors have become interested in migration and remittances and their potential for poverty reduction and development, and have started to devise institutions and policies to harness this potential.This book employs a gender-sensitive governmentality analysis to trace the emergence of the GRT, to map its conceptual and institutional elements, and to examine it |
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