The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3097037 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy D Walker (Boston University, corresponding author), Timothy Walker (Boston University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | suppl 1 |
| Pages | 223-237 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702004000400011 |
| PMID | 15446284 |
| OpenAlex | W2137794882 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-59702004000400011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper will explore the role and practices of magic-using folk healers - curandeiros and saludadores - in early modern Portuguese society. The article will examine the ambivalent place of the folk healer as a figure both central to and marginal in Portuguese popular culture. In considering some of the services offered by unlicensed popular healers and their recourse to the unorthodox magical means inherent in popular curing, the paper will investigate curandeiros' and saludadores' illicit sources of power. Further, this work will examine the prominence of men as folk healers in southern Portugal during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Finally, by looking at the notoriety of Luso-African folk healers, the paper will assess the importance of race as a factor in the culture of Portuguese magical curing
Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Art · Ethnology · MAGIC (telescope) · Portuguese · Sociology · History · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2015 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |