The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society

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Autor(a) principal: Walker,Timothy
Data de Publicação: 2004
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: História. Ciências. Saúde-Manguinhos
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Resumo: 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.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
title The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
spellingShingle The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
Walker,Timothy
folk-healers
Portuguese society
Portuguese popular culture
popular curing
seventeenth/eighteenth centuries
title_short The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
title_full The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
title_fullStr The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
title_full_unstemmed The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
title_sort The role and practices of the curandeiro and saludador in early modern Portuguese society
author Walker,Timothy
author_facet Walker,Timothy
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Walker,Timothy
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv folk-healers
Portuguese society
Portuguese popular culture
popular curing
seventeenth/eighteenth centuries
topic folk-healers
Portuguese society
Portuguese popular culture
popular curing
seventeenth/eighteenth centuries
description 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.
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