El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, Mexico
El susto among Purépecha people is today a disease that, at least in some cases, appears as a social sanction for bad behavior. Moreover, the last giver of this disease is not pre-hispanic entities as has been commonly argued, but the devil, in his many appearances. Therefore the disease functions a...
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| description | El susto among Purépecha people is today a disease that, at least in some cases, appears as a social sanction for bad behavior. Moreover, the last giver of this disease is not pre-hispanic entities as has been commonly argued, but the devil, in his many appearances. Therefore the disease functions as a warning to the member who is breaking the community balance -and the devil, as the symbolic representation of the disorder. The way to deal with these forces is built by el costumbre and modern Catholicism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19f7bb23e6724fbfa21674bb9c7fedf62024-02-14T16:42:52ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522011-03-0110.4000/nuevomundo.61215El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, MexicoÓscar Muñoz MoránEl susto among Purépecha people is today a disease that, at least in some cases, appears as a social sanction for bad behavior. Moreover, the last giver of this disease is not pre-hispanic entities as has been commonly argued, but the devil, in his many appearances. Therefore the disease functions as a warning to the member who is breaking the community balance -and the devil, as the symbolic representation of the disorder. The way to deal with these forces is built by el costumbre and modern Catholicism.https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61215Mexicoanthropology of healthpurépechassustodevil |
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| title | El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_full | El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_short | El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, Mexico |
| title_sort | el diablo y la enfermedad precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto espanto entre los indigenas de michoacan mexico |
| topic | Mexico anthropology of health purépechas susto devil |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61215 |
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