From Charlatans to Saviors: Espiritistas, Curanderos, and Brujos Inscribed in Discourses of Progress and Heritage
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| contents | From Charlatans to Saviors: Espiritistas, Curanderos, and Brujos Inscribed in Discourses of Progress and Heritage Raquel Romberg Sociología state nation identity heritage modernity Amajor shift in the public representation of curanderos, espiritistas,and brujos took place in Puerto Rico in a period of less than fiftyyears, from the end of the 1940s to the 1980s. Within this relativelyshort time popular healers have been invoked for broad politicalpurposes: first as charlatans, quacks, and impostors, in contrast togenuine medical doctors; and then as bearers of autochthonousfolkloric traditions, popular wisdom, and popular medicine.A close examination of these images in historical contextfirstinscribed in discourses of progress and then in those of heritagereveals the impact of state- and nation-building agendas onthe ways in which popular healers have either been vilifiedor exoticized in the public sphere. Currently, by highlightingtheir Taíno and African roots, the media and the medicalestablishment have categorized Puerto Rican popular healers inan environmentalist and naturalist space that places themlikethe noble savagein an imagined haven of endangered traditionsthat unrealistically estranges them from mainstream culture 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715211 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XV |
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| spellingShingle | From Charlatans to Saviors: Espiritistas, Curanderos, and Brujos Inscribed in Discourses of Progress and Heritage Raquel Romberg Sociología state nation identity heritage modernity From Charlatans to Saviors: Espiritistas, Curanderos, and Brujos Inscribed in Discourses of Progress and Heritage Raquel Romberg Sociología state nation identity heritage modernity Amajor shift in the public representation of curanderos, espiritistas,and brujos took place in Puerto Rico in a period of less than fiftyyears, from the end of the 1940s to the 1980s. Within this relativelyshort time popular healers have been invoked for broad politicalpurposes: first as charlatans, quacks, and impostors, in contrast togenuine medical doctors; and then as bearers of autochthonousfolkloric traditions, popular wisdom, and popular medicine.A close examination of these images in historical contextfirstinscribed in discourses of progress and then in those of heritagereveals the impact of state- and nation-building agendas onthe ways in which popular healers have either been vilifiedor exoticized in the public sphere. Currently, by highlightingtheir Taíno and African roots, the media and the medicalestablishment have categorized Puerto Rican popular healers inan environmentalist and naturalist space that places themlikethe noble savagein an imagined haven of endangered traditionsthat unrealistically estranges them from mainstream culture 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715211 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XV |
| title | From Charlatans to Saviors: Espiritistas, Curanderos, and Brujos Inscribed in Discourses of Progress and Heritage |
| topic | Sociología state nation identity heritage modernity |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715211 |