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Charismatic medicine, folk-healing, and folk-sainthood
American anthropologist • 67 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 1151-1173
By: Romano-V., Octavio Ignacio.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source discusses different types of folk-healers among Chicanos in Texas, noting the hierarchy of folk-healer statuses and illustrating the transformation of folk-healer into 'folk-saint' with the example of Don Pedrito Jaramillo (1829-1907), a Mexican who arrived in Texas is 1881. The success of a healer is determined according to the numbner of followers that a particular CURANDERO obtains.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Spirits and gods
- Life history materials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1829-1950s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Octavio Ignacio Romano V.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1172-1173)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans