Red medicine : traditional indigenous rites of birthing and healing

Red medicine : traditional indigenous rites of birthing and healing / Patrisia Gonzales.

Author/creator	Gonzales, Patrisia
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2012.
Description	xxv, 273 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies. Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies. Traditional medicine--North America. Traditional medicine--Mexico. Birth customs--North America. Birth customs--Mexico. Healing--North America. Healing--Mexico. Medicine, Traditional--North America. Indians, North American. Spiritual Therapies--North America. Midwifery--North America. North America--Social life and customs. Mexico--Social life and customs.

Series	First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies First peoples (2010) ^A1031032
Contents	Introduction : Spiderwoman called up this knowledge -- Anatomy of learning : yauhtli, peyotzin, tobacco, and maguey -- Birth ceremony : storying sacred knowledge -- Ceremony of memory : the call and response -- Ceremony of sweeping : symbols as medicine -- Ceremony of the land : ¿Y dónde está tu ombligo? -- Ceremony of time : time as medicine -- Dreaming ceremony : medicine dreams -- Curing ceremony : spiders in her hair -- Ceremony of return.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-266) and index.
LCCN	2011045475
ISBN	9780816529568 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0816529566 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WB 885 G643R 2012	✔ Available	Place Hold