Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables viii
4. List of Figures x
5. Foreword xi
6. Acknowledgments xiii
7. CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
8. CHAPTER 2 Curers and Their Cures in Colonial New Spain and Guatemala: The Spanish Component 19
9. CHAPTER 3 Curanderismo in Mexico and Guatemala Its Historical Evolution from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century 47
10. CHAPTER 4 Central and North Mexican Shamans 66
11. CHAPTER 5 A Comparative Analysis of Southern Mexican and Guatemalan Shamans 95
12. CHAPTER 6 Mistress of Lo Espiritual 117
13. CHAPTER 7 Recruitment, Training, and Practice of Indigenous Midwives From the Mexico–United States Border to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec 139
14. CHAPTER 8 Maya Midwives of Southern Mexico and Guatemala 179
15. CHAPTER 9 Relations between Government HealthWorkers and Traditional Midwives in Guatemala 211
16. CHAPTER 10 Mesoamerican Bonesetters 243
17. CHAPTER 11 Mexican Physicians, Nurses, and SocialWorkers 270
18. CHAPTER 12 Mesoamerican Healers and Medical Anthropology: Summary and Concluding Remarks 307
19. Glossary 331
20. References Cited 335
21. Contributors to the Volume 385
22. Index 389