ANTH 4303 - Folk Medicine

Institution:

Texas A & M University-Kingsville

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

3(3-0) An examination of the folk medical system of Mexican Americans from an anthropological perspective. Includes an exploration of household remedies (including herbal remedies), folk illness syndromes, various folk healers (including parteras, or midwives, and sobadores, or massagers), curanderismo ( folk healing) and brujeria ( witchcraft) in present-day Mexican American culture in South Texas and the Southwest. Prerequisite: 3 semester hours of Anthropology/Southwest Borderlands Studies or 6 semester hours of social science.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.TAMUK.EDU

Phone Number:

(361) 593-2111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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