Prácticas médicas tradicionales entre los nahuas de la región de Zongolica del estado de Veracruz, México

 

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Autor: Barrera, Iván
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data wydania:2015
Opis:This work is the result of an investigation on the problematic of health-illness among the rural population (predominantly native) of the sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz. It describes and analizes the persistence of the traditional healers that operative in the region and the changes that have happened in their identities and their practices after penetration of modern medicine. A typology of these healers was disived, it took into decount the technical aspects of their practices as well as the ones that belong to the symbolic world. The region represents a privileged space to analyze the process of adaptation and cultural appropiation that have permitted community life and persistence of the present Nahuas as a cultural and ethnic group. The region is also the maintain the native population in conditions of exploitation and subordination.
Kraj:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instytucja:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Język:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/20565
Dostęp online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/antropologia/article/view/20565
Słowo kluczowe:Medicina tradicional
nahuas
Zongolica
Traditional medicine