{"product_id":"maya-bonesetters-servando-z-hinojosa-9781477320280","title":"Maya Bonesetters: Manual Healers in a Changing Guatemala","description":"\u003cp\u003eScholarship on Maya healing traditions has focused primarily on the roles of midwives, shamans, herbalists, and diviners. Bonesetters, on the other hand, have been largely excluded from conversations about traditional health practitioners and community health resources. \u003ci\u003eMaya Bonesetters\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study of bonesetting in Guatemala and situates the manual healing tradition within the current cultural context--one in which a changing medical landscape potentially threatens bonesetters' work yet presents an opportunity to strengthen its relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive field research in highland Guatemala, Servando Z. Hinojosa introduces readers to a seldom documented, though nonetheless widespread, variety of healer. This book examines the work of Kaqchikel and Tz'utujiil Maya bonesetters, analyzes how they diagnose and treat injuries, and contrasts the empirical and sacred approaches of various healers. Hinojosa shows how bonesetters are carefully adapting certain biomedical technologies to meet local expectations for care and concludes that, despite pressures and criticisms from the biomedical community, bonesetting remains culturally meaningful and vital to Maya people, even if its future remains uncertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Servando Z. Hinojosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477320288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477320280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Servando Z. Hinojosa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978281812223,"sku":"9781477320280","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f52257cc-93d4-43f7-bc4f-377e11fb23c5.jpg?v=1683240693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maya-bonesetters-servando-z-hinojosa-9781477320280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}