Curanderismo: Mexican American Folk Healing

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6wfl'fw(erisfn<7 Robert T. Trotter II and Juan Antonio with a foreword by Luis D. Leon MEXICAN AMERICAN FOLK HEALING The University of Georgia Press Athens and London Curanderismo University of Georgia paperback edition, 1997©1981, 1997 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Printed digitally in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Trotter, Robert T. Curanderismo, Mexican American folk healing / Robert T. Trotter II and Juan Antonio Chavira ; with a foreword by Luis D. Leon. — 2nd ed., University of Georgia Press pbk. ed. xxi, 204 p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index. ISBN 0-8203-1962-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) I. Mexican Americans—Folklore. 2. Traditional medicine—United States. 3. Healing—United States— Folklore. I. Chavira, Juan Antonio. II. Title. GRI II.M49 T76 1997 6I5.8'82'o896872073—dc2i 97-15784 ISBN-I3: 978-0-8203-1962-9 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for This digital edition: 978-G-82G3- 4071-5 To the people of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas This page intentionally left blank ...