Letras Y Limpias: Decolonial Medicine and Holistic Healing in Mexican American Literature

Autori

• Amanda V. Ellis

Parametri

• 296 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Arte / Cultura
• Etnografia
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Sulla letteratura

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Letras y Limpias is the first book to explore the literary significance of the curandera. It offers critical new insights about how traditional medicine and folk healing underwrite Mexican American literature. Amanda Ellis traces the significance of the curandera and her evolution across a variety of genres written by Mexican American authors such as Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Manuel Munoz, ire'ne lara silva, and more.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2021

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