The Transformation of Curanderismo: Optimizing Health and Cultural Comfort in the Mexican American Community

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dc.contributor.advisorTrepagnier, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorContreras, Guadalupe Macias
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFord, Ramona
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJuarez, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-17T15:24:40Z
dc.date.available2020-04-17T15:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2001-05
dc.description.abstractCuranderismo, the art of healing, has been an integral part of health care for Mexican Americans for several generations. Although curanderos/as have collaborated with conventional medicine over time, the practice of curanderismo itself has remained largely in the background as a cultural phenomenon. This study found that the acculturation and upward social mobility of Mexican Americans has not caused the practice of curanderismo to diminish over time. Rather, curanderismo remains an effective healing modality for physical, psychological, and spiritual problems. Curanderismo transformed itself from an indigenous healing system to a mestizo one, and continues to change in step with Mexican Americans in this country. In addition, curanderismo provides the "cultural comfort'' to Mexican Americans that is lacking in conventional health care. A dual health system, thus, is utilized by many Mexican Americans to optimize health care outcomes.
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent97 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationContreras, G. M. (2001). The transformation of curanderismo: Optimizing health and cultural comfort in the Mexican American community Unpublished thesis). Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9631
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjecthealers
dc.subjecthealth and race
dc.subjectMexican Americans
dc.subjectspiritual healing
dc.subjecthealth attitudes
dc.subjectsocial life and customs
dc.titleThe Transformation of Curanderismo: Optimizing Health and Cultural Comfort in the Mexican American Community
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentSociology
thesis.degree.grantorSouthwest Texas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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