Sorcery And Shamanism

Description:

"Unusual study of northern coastal Peruvian curers centers on their lives and shared cultural ideology, the roots of which derive from indigenous cosmology, not folk Catholicism. Studies curers' philosophy by analyzing four patient accounts and examining their role in social and gender-based conflicts"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

subjects: Medicine,  Shamanism,  Indians of South America,  Traditional medicine,  Traditional medicine, south america,  Indians of south america, medicine,  Peru, social life and customs

Places: Peru