Sorcery and shamanism : curanderos and clients in northern Peru / Donald Joralemon and Douglas Sharon.

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [1993], ©1993.

x, 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Coutts

Peruvian Curanderos: their lives and ritual practices -- Eduardo Calderon -- Victor Neyra -- Ruperto Navarro -- Masias Guerrero -- Porfirio Vidarte -- Roberto Rojas -- Rodrigo Lopez -- Helmer Aguilar -- Victor Flores -- Nilo Plasencia -- Jose Paz -- Jorge Merino -- Curanderismo: occupational considerations -- Metaphysics of Curanderismo and its cultural roots -- Curanderismo from the patients' viewpoints -- Curandero clients and the experience of Dano -- Patients of Victor Flores -- Patients of Nilo Plasencia -- Comparative cases: patients of Jorge Merino and Eduardo Calderon -- Metaphors of mistrust and suspicion -- Work of Curanderos.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 287-298) and index