New Cures, Old Medicines: Women and the Commercialization of Traditional Medicine in Bolivia

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Foreword. Preface. 1. ANDEAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINES IN RURAL SETTINGS AND COMMUNITY EXCHANGE NETWORKS. Introduction. Setting and Environment. A Brief Introduction to Andean Medicine. Bolivian Language and Ethnicity. Fieldwork and Research Methodology. Summary. 2. TRADITIONAL MEDICINES IN NEW CONTEXTS: OLD CULTURAL PRACTICES IN NEW VENUES. Introduction. The Hot and Cold System in Traditional Healing and Exchange. Traditional Medicines, Commerce, and Change. Healing in the City: A Traditional Medicine Practice. Summary. 3. WOMEN'S ROLES IN ANDEAN MARKETPLACES: SHOPPING IN THE ANDES. Introduction. Cochabamba's La Cancha: Tarzan in the Marketplace. The Marketplace as a Crossroads. Gender and the Marketplace. The Informal Economic Sector. Summary. 4. MARKETING MEDICINES IN-RURAL BOLIVIA: SAN PEDRO DE CONDO. Traditional Medicines as Communal Resources: Where Herbal Remedies Come From. San Pedro de Condo: A Village of Entrepreneurs. Sense of Place: Traditional Medicines and the Local Geography. A Trajectory from Rural Home to Regional Marketplace. Traditional Medicine Exchange at Home in San Pedro de Condo. Summary. 5. SELLING MEDICINES AT CONDO'S REGIONAL MARKETPLACES: HUARI, CHALLAPATA, AND ORURO. The Huari Fair: From Colonial Fair to Regional Market. The Challapata Fair: The Regional Marketplace. Between Field and City: Oruro Vendors of Traditional Medicines. Summary. 6. BOLIVIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINES AND URBAN COMMERCIALIZATION: MEDICINE VENDROS IN COCHABAMBA. Introduction: From Love Charms to Medicinal Teas. The Cochabamba Marketplace: Layout and History. Vendors and Their Medicinal Wares. Rural-Urban Interfaces: Marketwomen and Medicinal Wares. Healing and the Morality of Marketplace Exchange. Summary. 7. COCA, COCA MEDICINES, AND THE DILEMMA OF COCA IN THE ANDES AND BEYOND. Introduction: Coca as Drug/Coca as Sacred. Coca in the Andean Countryside: Traditional Uses of Coca. Coca Medicines in Bolivia. Coca Wine. From Coca Wine to Coca-Cola. Coke versus Coca: Origin Myths. Coca Medicines and Changing Perceptions of Health. Coca Production and Coca Eradication. Summary. 8. NATURAL MEDICINE AND NATUROPATHS IN BOLIVIA: A NEW TWIST ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE. Naturismo and Naturistas in Contemporary Bolivia. Commerce and Healing: The Marketplace Services of a Natural Medicine Doctor. Dragon's Blood, Commercialization, and Naturismo. Wilson: New Opportunities in the City. Maribel: From Q'uwera to Naturista. From Pharmacy to Traditional Medicine Cottage Industry: Aleph. Summary. 9. TRADITIONAL MEDICINES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. Introduction: A Case of Conflicting Claims. Wira-Wira and Traditional Medicines as Common Resources. Biotechnology Firms versus the Rights of Prior Use: Patents and Problems. Potential Solutions. Summary. 10. EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINES IN BOLIVIA. References. Index.

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