Therapeutic and preventive functions of Puerto Rican espiritismo
Within the Puerto Rico community, the indigenous healing system called espiritismo has been extensively studied in an attempt to evaluate and understand its success in helping Puerto Ricans. The purpose of this paper is to analyze espiritismo, emphasizing its preventive functions within the Puerto R...
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Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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1989
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Dans: |
Homines
Année: 1989, Volume: 13/14, Numéro: 2/1, Pages: 267-276 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Puerto Rico
B Médecine populaire B Communauté religieuse B Puerto Rico Communauté religieuse Traditionelle Medizin |
Résumé: | Within the Puerto Rico community, the indigenous healing system called espiritismo has been extensively studied in an attempt to evaluate and understand its success in helping Puerto Ricans. The purpose of this paper is to analyze espiritismo, emphasizing its preventive functions within the Puerto Rican community. The paper is based on research done in Puerto Rico for five months, which included participant observation at spiritist centers and interviews with espiristas and spiritist healers |
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ISSN: | 0252-8908 |
Contient: | In: Homines
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