La cirugía invisible: el caso de los hueseros Escobar de Cliza (Cochabamba, Bolivia)

  • Pedro Pablo SALVADOR HERNÁNDEZ
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2011.v41.n1.6
Keywords: Bonesetters, Folk medicine, Ethno-medicine, Symbolic efficacy, Bolivia

Abstract

This paper tries to delve into the use of specific symbolic practices drawn from the ethnographic experience that can help to shed light, from a socio-anthropological perspective, to the phenomenon of therapeutic success of the saga of bonesetters from Cliza, in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

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Published
2011-03-21
How to Cite
SALVADOR HERNÁNDEZ P. P. . (2011). La cirugía invisible: el caso de los hueseros Escobar de Cliza (Cochabamba, Bolivia). Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 41(1), 117-141. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2011.v41.n1.6
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Vol. 41 No. 1 (2011)
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