Traditional medicine and popular religiosity in two chronicles of Carlos Monsivais

 

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Autor: Nuñez Moya, Jairol
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2015
Descripción:The conception of medicine in the Latin American society is permeated by a syncretic identity in which tradition and religion play a role. In “La hora de las convicciones alternativas ¡Una cita con el Diablo!” and “Protagonista: el Niño Fidencio. Todos los caminos llevan al éxtasis”, Carlos Monsivais portrays some healing practices rooted in Mexican popular culture in the twentieth century. In the first chronicle, the Sierra de Catemaco in the region of Los Tuxtlas is the scene where the warlock rituals Gonzalo Aguirre displays that recreate and redefine popular belief, promoting more than just the body healing. In the second, the Niño Fidencio stands as a symbol of myths and rituals, pilgrimages and source who through methods for treating diseases favors a mysticism of marginality. Both monsivaisianos portraits of traditional medicine and folk religion put in between that logic and modern Western view of medicine, while discussion of ways that takes the tradition in capitalist society to twentieth century.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/22650
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/22650
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Medicine
literature
chronicle
traditional medicine
folk religiosity
Carlos Monsivais
Medicina
literatura
crónica
medicina tradicional
religiosidad popular
Carlos Monsiváis