Raquel Romberg: 2 books
Healing Dramas
Divination and Magic in Modern Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
In this intimate ethnography, Raquel Romberg seeks to illuminate the performative significance of healing rituals and magic works, their embodied nature, and their effectiveness in transforming the states of participants by focusing on the visible, albeit mostly obscure, ways in which healing and...
Witchcraft and Welfare
Spiritual Capital and the Business of Magic in Modern Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
Persecuted as evil during colonial times, considered charlatans during the nation-building era, Puerto Rican brujos (witch-healers) today have become spiritual entrepreneurs who advise their clients not only in consultation with the spirits but also in compliance with state laws and new economic opportunities....