Susto and Soul Loss in Mexicans and Mexican Americans  

Oleh:

Glazer, Mark ; Baer, Roberta D. ; Weller, Susan C. ; Alba, Javier Eduardo Garcia de ; Liebowitz, Stephen W.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Cross-Cultural Research vol. 38 no. 3 (Aug. 2004), page 270-288.
Topik: Keywords: LatinAmerica; susto; Mexico; andMexicanAmericans
Fulltext: 270CCR383.pdf (101.55KB)

Isi artikel

Susto is a Latin American folk illness attributed to having a frightening experience, often including “soul loss” as part of the etiology. This article focuses on contemporary descriptions of susto among mestizos in Mexico and Mexican Americans in south Texas and explores the link between susto and soul loss in detail. Interviews conducted in Guadalajara, Mexico (n = 50), and in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas (n = 951) indicate that only a minority of informants aware of susto have also heard of soul loss and that even among those who have had susto, soul loss is not necessarily a part of susto. Soul loss, in fact, is more often equated with death.

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