Tarahumara Medicine
Ethnobotany and Healing among the Rarámuri of Mexico
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2015
University of Oklahoma Press (Verlag)
978-0-8061-4828-1 (ISBN)
University of Oklahoma Press (Verlag)
978-0-8061-4828-1 (ISBN)
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The Tarahumara, one of North America's oldest surviving aboriginal groups, call themselves Raramuri, meaning "nimble feet"--and though they live in relative isolation in Chihuahua, Mexico, their agility in long-distance running is famous worldwide. Tarahumara Medicine is the first in-depth look into the culture that sustains the "great runners." Having spent a decade in Tarahumara communities, initially as a medical student and eventually as a physician and cultural observer, author Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascon is uniquely qualified as a guide to the Raramuri's approach to medicine and healing. In developing their healing practices, the Tarahumaras interlaced religious lore, magic, and careful observations of nature. Irigoyen-Rascon thoroughly situates readers in the Raramuri's environment, describing not only their health and nutrition but also the mountains and rivers surrounding them and key aspects of their culture, from long-distance kick-ball races to corn beer celebrations and religious dances. He describes the Tarahumaras' curing ceremonies, including their ritual use of peyote, and provides a comprehensive description of Tarahumara traditional herbal remedies, including their botanical characteristics, attributed effects, and uses.
To show what these practices--and the underlying concepts of health and disease--might mean to the Raramuri and to the observer, Irigoyen-Rascon explores his subject from both an outsider and an insider (indigenous) perspective. Through his balanced approach, Irigoyen-Rascon brings to light relationships between the Raramuri healing system and conventional medicine, and adds significantly to our knowledge of indigenous American therapeutic practices.
As the most complete account of Tarahumara culture ever written, Tarahumara Medicine grants readers access to a world rarely seen--at once richly different from and inextricably connected with the ideas and practices of Western medicine.
To show what these practices--and the underlying concepts of health and disease--might mean to the Raramuri and to the observer, Irigoyen-Rascon explores his subject from both an outsider and an insider (indigenous) perspective. Through his balanced approach, Irigoyen-Rascon brings to light relationships between the Raramuri healing system and conventional medicine, and adds significantly to our knowledge of indigenous American therapeutic practices.
As the most complete account of Tarahumara culture ever written, Tarahumara Medicine grants readers access to a world rarely seen--at once richly different from and inextricably connected with the ideas and practices of Western medicine.
Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascon is a psychiatrist in McAllen, Texas. A former researcher at universities in Mexico and the United States, he has written extensively about Raramuri ethnography and medical conditions. Alfonso Paredes is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California-Los Angeles and author of more than 100 medical papers, including several on the Tarahumara.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2015 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Alfonso Paredes |
| Zusatzinfo | 22 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 4 table |
| Verlagsort | Oklahoma |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 730 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde ► Phytotherapie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8061-4828-4 / 0806148284 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8061-4828-1 / 9780806148281 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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