The healer as a hero and the ritual path

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  • João Tadeu de Andrade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5020/23180714.2005.20.1.%25p

Abstract

This article aims to promote an anthropological discussion about healing process within complementary and alternative medicine. Healing features, multiple abilities and professional training are presented as main characteristics concerning on alternative practitioners. Therapeutic route is highlighted as the process in which a personal transformation takes place. It also means a set of ritual frames through which the healer is supposed to be a hero, dealing with disease and achieving their own cure. Keywords: Complementary and alternative medicine. Healing process. Alternative practitioner.

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Author Biography

João Tadeu de Andrade

Professor do Curso de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Estadual do Ceará – UECE. Doutor em Antropologia pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA / CWRU / CAPES. LÉVI-STRAUSS, C. A Eficácia simbólica. In Antropologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro: Tempo brasileiro, 1967. 456 p.

Published

2010-02-02

How to Cite

de Andrade, J. T. (2010). The healer as a hero and the ritual path. Revista De Humanidades (Descontinuada), 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5020/23180714.2005.20.1.%p

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