An Imperative to Cure: Principles and Practice of q'Eqchi' Maya Medicine in Belize

by James B. Waldram

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James B. Waldram's groundbreaking study, An Imperative to Cure: Principles and Practice of Q'eqchi' Maya Medicine in Belize, explores how our understanding of Indigenous therapeutics changes if we view them as forms of "medicine" instead of "healing." Bringing an innovative methodological approach based on fifteen years of ethnographic research, Waldram argues that Q'eqchi' medical practitioners access an extensive body of empirical knowledge and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0826364446

ISBN13:9780826364449

Release Date:November 2022

Publisher:University of New Mexico Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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