RT Book
T1 A different medicine: postcolonial healing in the Native American Church
A1 Calabrese, Joseph D.
LA English
PP New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1656719371
AB In 'A Different Medicine', Joseph Calabrese presents a case study that challenges many deeply ingrained cultural assumptions and attempts to mediate a centuries-old clash of cultural paradigms. The book explores a controversial Native American ritual and healthcare practice: ceremonial consumption of the psychedelic Peyote cactus in the context of a postcolonial healing movement called the Native American Church. Calabrese argues against the War on Drugs and the Supreme Court decision that jeopardized the right of Native Americans to use this medicine. He urges us to recognize the multiplicity of the normal and the therapeutic.
SN 9780199345670
K1 Native American Church of North America
K1 Peyotism
K1 Indians of North America : Religion
K1 Indians of North America : Medicine
K1 Navajo Indians : Religion
K1 Navajo Indians : Medical care
K1 Navajo Indians : Rites and ceremonies
DO 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199927722.001.0001