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Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora

Margarite Fernandez Olmos

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Description:The Spanish expression - la cultura cura (culture heals) - is an affirmation of the potential healing power of a variety of cultural practices that together constitute the ethos of a people. What happens, however, when cultures themselves are in jeopardy? What are the "antidotes" or healing modalities for an ailing culture? Healing Cultures addresses these questions from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, holistic folk traditions, literature, film, cultural and religious studies - bringing together the broad range of beliefs and the spectrum of practices that have sustained the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora. To get started finding Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Spanish expression - la cultura cura (culture heals) - is an affirmation of the potential healing power of a variety of cultural practices that together constitute the ethos of a people. What happens, however, when cultures themselves are in jeopardy? What are the "antidotes" or healing modalities for an ailing culture? Healing Cultures addresses these questions from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, holistic folk traditions, literature, film, cultural and religious studies - bringing together the broad range of beliefs and the spectrum of practices that have sustained the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora. To get started finding Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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