Black magic beliefs and white magic practices: The common structure of intimacy, tradition, and power
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Social Science Journal
- Vol. 23 (4) , 419-430
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0362-3319(86)80016-7
Abstract
In this article, black magic beliefs and white magic practices among a group of Mexican-American women are shown to share common multidimensional organizing principles, uncovered in a smallest space analysis to be: intimacy, tradition, and power. A subsequent analysis of intimacy permits a reexamination of the role-location of the curandera in the healing hierarchy.Keywords
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