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"--
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2020
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-229) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1477320288 1477320296 9781477320280 9781477320297 |