Friday, May 15, 2020

“Alternative Medicine, SanterĂ­a and the Biomedical System in Cuba”
Marina Gold
https://www.academia.edu/20909711/_Alternative_Medicine_Santer%C3%ADa_and_the_Biomedical_System_in_Cuba_

Healing Practices and Revolution in Socialist Cuba
Marina Gold
2014, Social Analysis
18 Pages
ABSTRACT 

More than a state ideology, the concept of 'Revolution' holds multiple meanings for Cubans. A historic moment, the government, the country, the people—Revolution is any one of these and all of them at once. How, then, do people experience a permanent Revolution in their daily lives? The interactions between biomedicine, alternative health practices, and the syncretic system of beliefs known as SanterĂ­a have important implications for the socialist project of the Revolution. As a central concern of Revolution, health provides a particularly clear example of the interaction between revolutionary ideology and practice. This distinction elucidates the epistemological and experiential complexity of Revolution, providing the Cuban state with a powerful signifier that allows it to adapt to situations of crisis, continuously reinvent itself, and be in a permanent state of Revolution.

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