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Remedios : the healing life of Eva Castellanoz /

"Blends creative nonfiction and ethnographic research to tell the stories of Eva Castellanoz, Mexican American curandera and community activist; explores Castellanoz's faith, indigenous identity, relationship to Catholicism, and use of traditional folk arts and healing, which she views as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mulcahy, Joanne B., 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Antonio, Tex. : Trinity University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Castellanoz, Eva.
Mexican American women healers > Oregon > Nyssa > Biography.
Indian women healers > Oregon > Nyssa > Biography.
Traditional medicine > Oregon > Nyssa.
Mexican Americans > Oregon > Nyssa > Social conditions.
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Summary:"Blends creative nonfiction and ethnographic research to tell the stories of Eva Castellanoz, Mexican American curandera and community activist; explores Castellanoz's faith, indigenous identity, relationship to Catholicism, and use of traditional folk arts and healing, which she views as a way to overcome poverty, racism, disease, social inequality, and loss"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781595340610 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1595340610 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781595340658 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1595340653 (pbk. : alk. paper)