The World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and Controversies

by Clancy Cavnar and Beatriz Caiuby Labate

Book Overview

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance that has long been associated with indigenous Amazonian shamanic practices. In this volume, leading scholars in anthropology, religious studies, and law fuse case-study ethnographies with evaluations of relevant legal and anthropological knowledge. They explore how the substance has impacted indigenous communities, new urban religiosities, ritual healing, international drug policy, religious persecution, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472466632
• ISBN13: 9781472466631
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"