Drugged Subjectivity, Intoxicating Alterity
This article explores the use of intoxicants by a community of Kulina Indians in western Brazil. I suggest that Kulina intoxication through alcohol, tobacco, and ayahuasca is best understood as a form of semiotic appropriation of the identity of cosmological others, including animal spirits, creat...
| Published in: | Anthropology of consciousness |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Anthropological Association
[2016]
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| In: |
Anthropology of consciousness
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| Further subjects: | B
Ayahuasca
B Amazonia B Alcohol B altered consciousness B Intoxication B Kulina Indians |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article explores the use of intoxicants by a community of Kulina Indians in western Brazil. I suggest that Kulina intoxication through alcohol, tobacco, and ayahuasca is best understood as a form of semiotic appropriation of the identity of cosmological others, including animal spirits, creator beings, other Indian groups, and Brazilians. I consider how embodying practices, such as song and physical movement, enhance the experience of being an alter, facilitated by the alterations in consciousness produced by intoxicants. |
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| ISSN: | 1556-3537 |
| Reference: | Errata "Erratum (2016)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Anthropology of consciousness
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12050 |