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The Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora - Appropriation, Integration and Legislation (Paperback)
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The Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora - Appropriation, Integration and Legislation (Paperback)
Series: Vitality of Indigenous Religions
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During its expansion from the Amazon jungle to Western societies,
ayahuasca use has encountered different legal and cultural
responses. Following on from the earlier edited collection, The
Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora continues to explore how certain
alternative global religious groups, shamanic tourism industries
and recreational drug milieus grounded in the consumption of the
traditionally Amazonian psychoactive drink ayahuasca embody various
challenges associated with modern societies. Each contributor
explores the symbolic effects of a "bureaucratization of
enchantment" in religious practice, and the "sanitizing" of
indigenous rituals for tourist markets. Chapters include
ethnographic investigations of ritual practice, transnational
religious ideology, the politics of healing and the invention of
tradition. Larger questions on the commodification of ayahuasca and
the categories of sacred and profane are also addressed. Exploring
classic and contemporary issues in social science and the
humanities, this book provides rich material on the bourgeoning
expansion of ayahuasca use around the globe. As such, it will
appeal to students and academics in religious studies,
anthropology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, biology,
ecology, law and conservation.
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