What is it about?
It's about how the devil can be considered as a symbol that articulates the pentecostal medical system with the Andean medical system in an Aymara community. It analyses how the "agarradura", an Andean culture-bound syndrome, is cured now at Pentecostals church instead of traditional medical knowledge
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Why is it important?
Because it explains how the articulation process works. Theoretically, it's important because recovers Ernesto De Martino's concept of hegemonic symbol
Perspectives
It's an important paper that contributes to strengthening the critical medical anthropology point of view in the Andes
Dr Carlos Daniel Piñones Rivera
Universidad de Tarapaca
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This page is a summary of: LA AGARRADURA ME LA ATIENDO EN LA IGLESIA: EL DIABLO COMO SÍMBOLO HEGEMÓNICO EN EL PLURALISMO MÉDICO AYMARA PENTECOSTAL, Chungará (Arica), January 2016, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT),
DOI: 10.4067/s0717-73562016005000037.
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