A different medicine: postcolonial healing in the Native American Church

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 con...

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Main Author: Calabrese, Joseph D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:Review: A Different Medicine: Postcolonial Healing in the Native American Church (2015) (Dees, Sarah)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Native American Church / Peyote cult
B Native American Church / Peyotl / Ethnic medicine / Healing
Further subjects:B Navajo Indians Medical care
B Navajo Indians Rites and ceremonies
B Native American Church of North America
B Navajo Indians Religion
B Indians of North America Religion
B Peyotism
B Indians of North America Medicine
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Summary: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.
ISBN:0199345678
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199927722.001.0001

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