En Español:
"El Niño Fidencio": Un Santo Popular Para El Nuevo Milenio"
Artículo por Antonio N. Zavaleta.
Extracto de dicho artículo . . . . . .
EL NIÑO CURANDERO
El primer intento de Fidencio para curar fue un acto espontáneo, al tratar de acomodar el brazo que su madre se había roto en
una caída. Mientras que el acto de entablillar un brazo puede no tener nada de notable, se dice que Fidencio sólo tenia
ocho
años cuando esto ocurrió (Quirós, 1991).
En Espinazo, Fidencio se ganó fama de curar animales y ayudar en su nacimiento, pero no fue hasta que ayudó en el
nacimiento de un ser humano cuando su habilidad y fama de curandero y partero se empezó a revelar.
Durante el curso de su vida, El Niño Fidencio tuvo varias experiencias sobrenaturales en forma de revelaciones o visiones;
algunas, según su propia afirmación, incluyeron visitas de Jesucristo.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ En Ingles "Historic Folk Sainthood along the Texas-Mexico Border"
Article by Joseph Spielberg and Dr. Antonio Zavaleta
Excerpt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Prelude
As the nineteenth century dawned in celebration, Mexico could not imagine that the events of the first decades of the new century
would change her forever. In fact, the first three decades of the nineteenth century wrought with tremendous political
crisis and
massive social upheaval, produced such irrevocable changes within the fabric of Mexican society that they thrust
the country into
two centuries of continuous instability (1). In this environment of crisis and alienation, revolutionaries like
Padre Hidalgo, Benito
Juarez, and later Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata (2) emerged as folk-heroes. Within this same
environment, Pedro Rojas,
"Tatita," and José Fidencio Constantino, "El Niño Fidencio," rose from obscurity to miracle workers
status and, in death, to folk
sainthood (3). Do Cultural Factors Affect Hispanic Health Status?
Article by Dr. Antonio N. Zavaleta
Excerpt . . . . . .
INTRODUCTION:
The question, do cultural factors characteristic of Hispanic populations affect their health status and health care delivery
systems, has been addressed professionally in both the research literature and in practice for more than thirty years. The
question may be answered emphatically, YES. In spite of all that we have learned and after more than thirty years of research,
this critical population continues to be the least understood in Texas. The importance of Hispanic cultural beliefs in modern
medical treatment and the general lack of attention to it is no exception. Texas institutions of higher education and especially
medical education have failed to meaningfully and systematically incorporate curricula intended to understand the unique
cultural factors affecting the Texas Hispanic population, both native and immigrant. |
