Sanadores inesperados: medicina china en la era de migración global (Lima y California, 1850-1930) / Unexpected healers: Chinese medicine in the age of global migration (Lima and California, 1850-1930)
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos
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25(1): 13-31, jan.-mar. 2018. graf
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMEN
Resumen Las masivas olas de migrantes chinos que llegaron a California y Lima en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX jugaron un rol clave en la expansión de la medicina china en ambos contextos. Desde fines de la década de 1860, los herbolarios expandieron su sistema de sanación más allá de su comunidad étnica, transformando la medicina china en una de las prácticas de sanación más adoptada por la población local. Desde una perspectiva comparada, este artículo examina las divergentes trayectorias de los sanadores chinos en Perú y EEUU, así como los factores sociales y políticos que determinaron la adaptación de este conocimiento médico, foráneo, en su nuevo entorno.
ABSTRACT
Abstract The massive waves of Chinese migrants arriving in California and Lima in the second half of the nineteenth century played a crucial role in expanding Chinese medicine in both settings. From the late 1860s on, herbalists expanded their healing system beyond their ethnic community, transforming Chinese medicine into one of the healing practices most widely adopted by the local population. This article uses a comparative approach to examine the diverging trajectories of Chinese healers in Peru and the USA, as well as the social and political factors that determined how this foreign medical knowledge adapted to its new environments.
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Main subject:
Herbal Medicine
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Emigrants and Immigrants
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
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South America
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Asia
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Peru
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of California/US
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