Abstract
This study provides an initial analysis of La maraca embrujada por jibaná, anovel by Manuel Zapata Olivella. The novel describes the tensions between empiricaland scientific medicine in Colombia’s Chocó region. The study aims to define howZapata Olivella highlights cooperation and empathy – which he believes are necessary toovercome the stigma imposed on the belief systems of indigenous and Afro-descendantcommunities in Colombia – by working this opposition.
| Titolo tradotto del contributo | Between empiricism and science: the representation of medicine in The Haunted Maraca by Jibana by Manuel Zapata Olivella. First approaches. |
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| Lingua originale | Spagnolo |
| Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Hipócrates y sus artificios. Enfermedad, medicina y narración en las literaturas y culturas hispánicas e hispanoamericanas |
| Editore | Edizioni Cà Foscari |
| Pagine | 163-175 |
| Numero di pagine | 13 |
| Volume | 42 |
| ISBN (stampa) | 978-88-6969-939-9 |
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| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2025 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Studi Culturali
- Lingua e Linguistica
- Discipline Umanistiche (varie)
- Letteratura e Teoria della Letteratura
Keywords
- Colombian literature
- La maraca embrujada por jibaná
- empirical medicine
- medicine and literature
- scientific medicine