| Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and Its Diaspora 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Na, Na (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312218982 ISBN-13: 9780312218980 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: The Spanish expression--"la cultura cura" (culture heals)--is an affirmation of the potential healing power of a variety of cultural practices that together constitute the ethos of a people. What happens, however, when cultures themselves are in jeopardy? What are the "antidotes" or healing modalities for an ailing culture? "Healing Cultures" addresses these questions from a variety of disciplines--anthropology, holistic folk traditions, literature, film, cultural and religious studies--bringing together the broad range of beliefs and the spectrum of practices that have sustained the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Health & Fitness | Healing - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 398.353 |
| LCCN: 00059148 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Spanish expression - la cultura cura (culture heals) - is an affirmation of the potential healing power of a variety of cultural practices that together constitute the ethos of a people. What happens, however, when cultures themselves are in jeopardy? What are the "antidotes" or healing modalities for an ailing culture? Healing Cultures addresses these questions from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, holistic folk traditions, literature, film, cultural and religious studies - bringing together the broad range of beliefs and the spectrum of practices that have sustained the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean. |