Leading medical anthropologists Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page analyze media representations, drug policy, and underlying social structures to show what industries and social sectors benefit from the criminalization, demonization, and even popular glamorization of addicts.
Synthesizing a broad range of key literature and advancing innovative arguments about the social construction of drug users and their role in contemporary society, this book is an important contribution to public health, medical anthropology, popular culture, and related fields.
In the Lands of Fire and Sun examines the Huichol Indians as they have struggled to maintain their independence over two centuries. From the days of the Aztec Empire, the history of west-central Mesoamerica has been one of isolation and a fiercely independent spirit, and one group that maintained its autonomy into the days of Spanish colonization was the Huichol tribe.
Rather than assimilating into the Hispanic fold, as did so many other indigenous peoples, the Huichols sustained their distinct identity even as the Spanish Crown sought to integrate them. In confronting first the Spanish colonial government, then the Mexican state, the Huichols displayed resilience and cunning as they selectively adapted their culture, land, and society to the challenges of multiple new eras.
By incorporating elements of archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, and history, Michele McArdle Stephens fills the gaps in the historical documentation, teasing out the indigenous voices from travel accounts, Spanish legal sources, and European ethnographic reports. The result is a thorough examination of one of the most vibrant, visible societies in Latin America.
The book explores Indigenous medicine across North America, with a special emphasis on how Indigenous knowledge has endured and persisted among peoples with a legacy to Mexico. Chapters focus on topics such as experimental. This single volume reference resource offers students, scholars, and general readers alike an in-depth background on Mexico, from the complexity of its pre-Columbian civilizations to its social and political development in the context of Western civilization. Author : Peter T.
Author : Scott K. Author : Stacey Schwartzkopf,Kathryn E. Author : Carolyn E. Author : Emiliano Gallaga,Marc G. Author : James D. Huck Jr. Gabbert, Wolfgang. Tucson: University of Arizona Further Reading Furst, Peter T. Liffman, Paul M. Rock crystals and peyote dreams : Explorations in the Huichol universe. Morning glory and mother goddess at Tepantitla, Teotihuacan: Iconog— raphy and analogy in pre—Columbian art. Gibson, J. Peyote Dreams explores Huichol lifestyle and world view from the viewpoint of the participant observer Furst and The rock crystals of the title are physical manifestations of the souls of deceased individuals who demonstrated Link Network.
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This item is available to borrow from all library branches. Creator Furst, Peter T. Language eng. Extent p.
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