Migration, mujercitas, and medicine men living in urban Mexico - Napolitano, Valentina (University of California Press, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index
Internationalizing region, expanding city, neighborhoods in transition -- - Migration, space, and belonging -- - Religious discourses and the politics of modernity -- - Medical pluralism: medicina popular and medicina alternativa -- - Becoming a mujercita: rituals, fiestas, and religious discourses -- - Neither married, widowed, single, or divorced: gender negotiation, compliance, and resistance
Exploring issues of migration, medicine, religion, and gender, this work analyses everyday practices of urban living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork over a ten-year period, Velentina Napolitano paints a vibrant picture of daily life in a low-income neighbourhood of Guadalajara