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Ethnic medicine in the Southwest  Cover Image Book Book

Ethnic medicine in the Southwest / Eleanor Bauwens [and others] ; edited, and with an introd., by Edward H. Spicer.

Bauwens, Eleanor. (Added Author). Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983 (Added Author).

Summary:

Four studies examine the use of popular and folk health remedies in different Southwestern ethnic communities.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0816506361
  • ISBN: 9780816506361
  • ISBN: 0816504903
  • ISBN: 9780816504909
  • Physical Description: viii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1977.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Southwestern healing traditions in the 1970s: An introduction / Edward H. Spicer -- Popular medicine in a black neighborhood / Loudell F. Snow -- Health and illness in a Mexican American barrio / Margarita Artschwager Kay -- Disease and curing in a Yaqui community / Mary Elizabeth Shutler -- Medical beleifs and practices among lower-income anglos / Eleanor Bauwens.
Subject: Traditional medicine > Southwest, New.
Southwest, New > Social life and customs.
Ethnic Groups.
Medicine, Traditional.
United States.
Manners and customs.
Traditional medicine.
Southwest, New.
Genre: Folklore.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library GR 109 .E74 1977 263502 Stacks Available -


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