Saberes e práticas termais: uma perspectiva comparada em Portugal (Termas de S. Pedro do Sul) e no Brasil (Caldas da Imperatriz)
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Based on nineteenth - and twentieth-century texts, the article discusses how medicine legitimized the therapeutic practice of thermalism as so-called 'scientific' knowledge, with the creation of therapeutic establishments and hot-springs resort. My research began in Portugal in 1996, where I produced an ethnography of experiences at the São Pedro do Sul hot springs. My research at Brazil's Caldas da Imperatriz, initiated in August 2001, is still underway.
Author: Maria Manuel Quintela
Institution: Centro de Estudos de Antropologia Social
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Complementary and Manual Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2040532222