Returning to Ourselves

Studies of traditional healers in various cultures describe their initiation into the healing profession as a climax that constructs their professional and personal identity. Literature emphasizes the healers' intense association with the culture in which they work, as reflected in the initiation narratives that healers in various cultures recount. In this article we reveal unique initiation stories and identity formation from Palestinian nonconventional healers in Israel who described a cross-cultural journey: After studying healing traditions of foreign cultures and on returning to their own cultural environment, they developed a unique and complex combination of healing values and traditions. We examine the stories of these healers, whose personal and professional identities are affected by cultural, political, and social contexts. We note the blending of healing traditions and practices, and the changes in identity, assessing them against cultural processes that many Palestinians in Israel have been undergoing over the past few decades

Aesthetics · Art · Cultural identity · Identity formation · Literature · Narrative · Personal identity · Political science · Politics · Self-concept · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Psychology

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