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Botanicas

DATE: 2017-11-02  SIZE: 171.32 MB  DISKS: 18x 10MB    PAGES: n/a

PUBLISHER: Univ. Press of Mississippi        GENRE:

AUTHOR: Joseph M. Murphy

FORMAT: PDF   PROTECTION: DRM  EDITION: n/a

URL: https://is.gd/uNNZVa

LANGUAGE: English   ISBN: 9781626745353

: Botanicas is an exploration in text and photographs of spiritual shops     :
: found in Latino neighborhoods throughout the United States. Readers        :
: discover these marvelous spaces and their alternative spiritualities that  :
: help patrons cope with the grind and challenges of city life. Botanicas    :
: provide access to an array of invisible powers and sell the ingredients to :
: construct symbolic solutions to their patrons' problems. The stores are    :
: bright and baroque, and the powers they invoke come from religious         :
: traditions in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the native Americas. In Botanicas, :
: Joseph M. Murphy offers a cultural history of the devotions on display and :
: a reflection on the efficacy of their powers to heal. Readers will come to :
: see that the goods and devotions of botanicas give their patrons--mostly   :
: Latino, often immigrants--pathways for empowerment and transformation. The :
: name botanicas comes from the "botanicals" for sale, herbs and plants with :
: healing powers. The pharmacopeia of botanicas can be vast, and owners may  :
: know hundreds of remedies for treating problems of health, wealth, and     :
: love. Botanicas vend herbs for upset stomach, herbs for finding a job, and :
: herbs for wooing back a wayward spouse. Supplementing these medicinal and  :
: magical plants, botanicas sell candles, holy statues, and tools for        :
: devotion to an array of spiritual powers--Catholic saints, African gods,   :
: indigenous spirits, and Asian divinities. Each spirit has its own ritual o :
: petition, and botanica owners can discern the proper offerings and prayers :
: to help the supplicant. Murphy explains the religions of the botanica with :
: subtlety and sensitivity. He gives readers a deep sense of the contexts of :
: the stores and a sophisticated analysis of the religious traditions that   :
: suffuse them. Visually fascinating, culturally rich, and religiously       :
: profound, Botanicas is a window into a world of beauty and power.          :

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