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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Midwives, Knowledge,and Power at Birth -- 2. María's World: The Plantation -- 3. The Role of the Midwife: María and Siriaca -- 4. Hands and Intuition: The Midwife's Prenatal Care -- 5. Soften the Pain: Management of Labor and Delivery -- 6. Looking after Mother and Infant: Postpartum Care -- 7. To Heal and to Hold: Midwife as Healer and Doctor to the Family -- 8. Career or Calling: National Health Policies and Midwifery Training Programs -- 9. Medicalization through the Lens of Childbirth -- Appendix I. Medicinal Plants and Remedies Mentioned by Midwives -- Appendix II. Common and Scientific Names of Medicinal Plants -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 Curers and Their Cures in Colonial New Spain and Guatemala: The Spanish Component -- CHAPTER 3 Curanderismo in Mexico and Guatemala Its Historical Evolution from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century -- CHAPTER 4 Central and North Mexican Shamans -- CHAPTER 5 A Comparative Analysis of Southern Mexican and Guatemalan Shamans -- CHAPTER 6 Mistress of Lo Espiritual -- CHAPTER 7 Recruitment, Training, and Practice of Indigenous Midwives From the Mexico–United States Border to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec -- CHAPTER 8 Maya Midwives of Southern Mexico and Guatemala -- CHAPTER 9 Relations between Government HealthWorkers and Traditional Midwives in Guatemala -- CHAPTER 10 Mesoamerican Bonesetters -- CHAPTER 11 Mexican Physicians, Nurses, and SocialWorkers -- CHAPTER 12 Mesoamerican Healers and Medical Anthropology: Summary and Concluding Remarks -- Glossary -- References Cited -- Contributors to the Volume -- Index