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.
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Margarite Fernández Olmos is Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert is Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Literature at Vassar College.
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert is Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Literature at Vassar College.
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In the Latino barrios of many U.S. metropolitan centers, there are establishments that bewilder the inexperienced passerby: botanicas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, United States, New York, New World, Dominican Republic, Avery Johnson, Lydia Cabrera, Alejo Carpentier, Sugar Cane Alley, The Last Supper, Middle Passage, Abuela Berta, Don Pedro, Latin American, Miss Cotton, Catholic Church, North American, Black Girl, Celia Cruz, Lebert Joseph, Palo Monte, Regla de Ocha, Steve Quintana, African American New!
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