A different medicine : postcolonial healing in the Native American Church
Calabrese, Joseph DAuthor
New York : Oxford University Press,
c2013.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Native American Church of North America.
Native American Church of North America.
Peyotism
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Navajo Indians
Navajo Indians
Medicine, Traditional.
Indians, North American
Mescaline
Ceremonial Behavior.
Spiritual Therapies.
Gender & Ethnic Studies
Social Sciences
Ethnic & Race Studies