List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1. Medicinal Plants and Cultural Variation across
Dominican Rural, Urban, and Transnational Landscapes
Andreana L. Ososki, Michael J. Balick, and Douglas C. Daly
Chapter 2. Use of Medicinal Plants by Dominican
Immigrants in New York City for the Treatment of Common Health
Conditions: A Comparative Analysis with Literature Data from the
Dominican Republic
Ina Vandebroek, Michael J. Balick, Jolene Yukes, Levenia Durán,
Fredi Kronenberg, Christine Wade, Andreana L. Ososki, Linda
Cushman, Rafael Lantigua, Miriam Mejía and Lionel Robineau
Chapter 3. Between Bellyaches and Lucky Charms: Revealing
Latinos’ Plant-Healing Knowledge and Practices in New York City
Anahí Viladrich
Chapter 4. The Changing Scene of Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Strategies Due to Migration of Indians from the
Asian Subcontinent to the United States
Usha R. Palaniswamy
Chapter 5. Use of Traditional Herbal Remedies by Thai
Immigrant Women in Sweden
Pranee C. Lundberg
Chapter 6. Medicinal Plant Use by Surinamese Immigrants
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Results of a Pilot Market Survey
Tinde van Andel and Charlotte van ‘t Klooster
Chapter 7. The Use of Home Remedies for Health Care and
Well-Being by Spanish-Speaking Latino Immigrants in London: A
Reflection on Acculturation
Melissa Ceuterick, Ina Vandebroek, Bren Torry and Andrea
Pieroni
Chapter 8. Hackney’s “Ethnic Economy” Revisited: Local
Food Culture, Ethnic “Purity”, and the Politico-Historical
Articulation of Kurdish Identity
Sarah Keeler
Chapter 9. A Strange Drug in a Strange Land
Neil Carrier
Chapter 10. Traditional Health Care and Food and
Medicinal Plant Use Among Historic Albanian Migrants and Italians
in Lucania, Southern Italy
Cassandra L. Quave and Andrea Pieroni
Chapter 11. Plant Knowledge as Indicator of Historical
Cultural Contacts: Tanning in the Atlantic Fringe
Ingvar Svanberg
Chapter 12. Procurement of Traditional Remedies and
Transmission of Medicinal Knowledge among Sahrawi People Displaced
in Southwestern Algerian Refugee Camps
Gabriele Volpato, Abdalahe Ahmadi Emhamed, Saleh Mohamed Lamin
Saleh, Alessandro Broglia, and Sara di Lello
Notes on Contributors
Index
Andrea Pieroni holds a PhD from the University of Bonn, Germany. He is an Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Ethnobotany at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo/Bra, Northern Italy and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. His research focuses on gastronomic and medical ethnobotany in the Mediterranean and in the Balkan areas, as well as among migrant communities and diasporas in Europe.
“I was enthusiastic at the prospect of reviewing Traveling Cultures and Plants… and my enthusiasm was amply rewarded. Although exploring the well worn theme of traditional medicine and plant pharmacopoeias, this volume navigates away from 'indigenous' cultures and 'native' floras into the virtually unexplored terrain of diaspora healing andethnobotany… this book represents a noteworthy contribution to an area of emerging interest.” • Economic Botany
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