Latina Healers: Lives of Power and Tradition

by Oliva M. Espin

Latina Healers casts new light on the centrality of gender and migration status on the lives of Latina women. Encompassing the idiosyncrasies of individual decisions and the social context of the healers' lives, this book presents an original analysis of the relationship between gender, power, religious beliefs and social status. It brings the scholarship on life narratives together with understandings of the impact of migration and traditional beliefs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915745380
• ISBN13: 9780915745388
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Floricanto Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"