Las botánicas como “farmacias invisibles”: Religiones afrocaribeñas y su rol en la población latina de la ciudad de Nueva York.
This article explores the world of botánicas, or invisible pharmacies, in New York City, where practitioners of Afro-Caribbean religions, especially Santería, play a dual role as religious leaders and spiritual advisers. Botánicas cater to a Latin American population, often immigrant and undocumente...
| Publicado en: | Latin American Research Review Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 893 - 909 |
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Cambridge University Press
2019
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