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Maya bonesetters : manual healers in a changing Guatemala /

The book discusses traditional Maya bonesetting, situating it in a global context, examining its approaches (both empirical and spiritual) and considering some of the pragmatic choices such bonesetters make with respect to biomedicine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hinojosa, Servando Z., 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2020].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bonesetters > Guatemala.
Maya healers > Guatemala.
Manipulation (Therapeutics) > Guatemala.
Mayas > Medicine > Guatemala.
Traditional medicine > Guatemala.

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