@article{1355570,
      recid = {1355570},
      author = {Delgado, Monica. and Van Wagenen, Michael.},
      title = {Spirit doctors [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (27 min.).},
      year = {1997},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Folk healing has been part of the Mexican culture since  pre-Columbian days. This tradition still flourishes in the  Mexican American communities of the lower Rio Grande  Valley. This film follows three healers in their daily  work. Josefa, a traditional curandera, uses a variety of  herbal and spiritual techniques. She is shown giving  blessings, performing ritual cleansings and communicating  the wandering soul of the dead man. Maria heals her  patients by channeling the spirit of Mexico's most famous  healer who died sixty years ago. Trini is a traditional  partera, or midwife. She plays an important role in the  community where one third of all births take place outside  of the hospital. Filmmaker Monica Delgado is herself a  descendant of a curandera and partera. These cameo  portraits show how traditional beliefs flourish in Mexican  American culture.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355570},
}