| After the First Full Moon in April: A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine from a California Indian Elder Contributor(s): Peters, Josephine Grant (Author), Ortiz, Beverly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598743643 ISBN-13: 9781598743647 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural and plant knowledge. She instructs the reader on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants. At a time of the commercialization of traditional ecological knowledge, Peters presents her rich tradition on her own terms, and according to her spiritual convictions about how her knowledge should be shared. This volume is essential for anyone working in ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, environmental anthropology, Native American studies, and Western and California culture and history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Health & Fitness | Herbal Medications - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 615.321 |
| LCCN: 2009036627 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.2" W x 10.1" (1.60 lbs) 221 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this extraordinary book Josephine Peters, a respected northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural and plant knowledge. The book begins with Josephine's personal and tribal history and gathering ethics. Josephine then instructs the reader in medicinal and plant food preparations and offers an illustrated catalog of the uses and doses of over 160 plants. At a time of the commercialization of traditional ecological knowledge, Peters presents her rich tradition on her own terms, and according to her spiritual convictions about how her knowledge should be shared. This volume is essential for anyone working in ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, environmental anthropology, Native American studies, and Western and California culture and history. |