The Tale of Healer Miguel Perdomo Neira: Medicine, Ideologies, and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Andes (Latin American Silhouettes) O.This new book tells the story of Miguel Perdomo Niera, a healer whose amazing cures during his travels through the northern Andes in the 1860s and 1870s evoked both enormous hostility and widesprea
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| Title | : | The Tale of Healer Miguel Perdomo Neira: Medicine, Ideologies, and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Andes (Latin American Silhouettes) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.57 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0842028277 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 171 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2001-05-01 |
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This new book tells the story of Miguel Perdomo Niera, a healer whose amazing cures during his travels through the northern Andes in the 1860s and 1870s evoked both enormous hostility and widespread adulation. A combination of narrative and analysis, the book documents Perdomo's experiences in Colombia and Ecuador and offers valuable insights into the social history of medicine during the Great Transformation in nineteenth-century Latin America. Reactions to Perdomo also illuminate the conflicts between colonial and modern and between religious and secular belief systems in Latin America during this time. This era pitted the norms of colonial Latin America against forces of change that shaped contemporary Latin America. Perdomo's practice of medicine demonstrated a strong religious influence that liberals thought were incompatible with a modern, secular society. Seldom have the contentions surrounding competitive medical systems been so starkly illuminated as in the case of Perdomo. O
Editorial : The Tale of Healer Miguel Perdomo Neira sheds new light on a largely ignored aspect of Latin American society and culture in the nineteenth century. Through the career of Miguel Perdomo, a popular healer in Colombia and Ecuador, circa 1860–1874, David Sowell illuminates the conflict between faith-based empiric healing, as represented by Perdomo, and official, elite-controlled, secular, scientific medicine, as championed by academically trained physicians. Sowell frames this conflict with a concise historical sketch of earlier European and Andean medical systems. He also makes clear its cultural, social, and political dimensions. (Frank Safford, Northwestern University)
This historical study of healer Miguel Perdomo Neira offers profound insights into the evolution of pluralistic systems-not just in the medical realm but also within Latin American culture more generally. David Sowell's research uncovers how a riot generated by Miguel Perdomo's presence in Bogot&a
As he points out, civility is not just the nice way to behave, the proper way, it is the one that makes everything go smoother, because everyone basically longs to be treated in a civil manner. I rented and it has been used heavily
I think that is overpriced the rental price. I wish I had found this a year and a half ago.. Just wanted to take time to say that my ORDER was
placed on Dec 30th and the item shipped on Dec 31st.
Arrived through MEDIA MAIL in GOOD condition.
This book is an absolute must to the trading library.
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