ISBN:
978-1-4408-3400-4
Language:
English
Pages:
xxv, 280 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Keywords:
Nordamerika USA
;
Mexiko
;
Indianer, Nordamerika
;
Peyote
;
Rausch- und Genußmittel
;
Ritual und Zeremonie
;
Religion
;
Recht
Abstract:
This book explains the role that peyote - a hallucinogenic cactus - plays in the religious and spiritual fulfillment of certain peoples in the United States and Mexico, and examines pressing issues concerning the regulation and conservation of peyote as well as issues of indigenous and religious rights. Explains the complete history of the peyote plant in the United States, presenting views from religions including Native American and Christian churches, the creation and evolution of U.S. law regarding peyote, state and federal legal protections since 1990, reasons for the plant's apparent demise, and arguments for its stronger protection. Identifies current peyote protective laws in Mexico and Canada. Documents how many U.S. residents, including Native Americans, commonly use peyote as a spirituality enhancer or illegal recreational drug within the United States, or do so as tourists when visiting Mexico
Description / Table of Contents:
Decline of the genus lophophora in Texas / Keeper Trout and Martin Terry -- An overview of cacti and the controversial peyote / Mariana Rojas-Are´chiga and Joel Flores -- Peyote in the colonial imagination / Alexander Dawson -- Peyote, Christianity, and constitutional law : toward an anti-subordination jurisprudence / Varun Soni -- State and federal legal protections for peyote use in the United States / John P. Forren -- Peyote, conservation, and Indian rights in the United States / Kevin Feeney -- Protecting the peyote for future generations : building on a legacy of perseverance / Bob Prue -- Peyote and psychedelics on the Canadian prairies / Erika Dyck -- From solid to frothy : use of peyote in the Cora and Huichol Easter in western Mexico / Maria Benciolini and Arturo Gutie´rrez del A´ngel -- New age tourism in Wirikuta : conflicts and rituals / Vincent Basset -- Paradoxes of peyote regulation in Mexico : drug conventions and environmental laws / Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Kevin Feeney -- Why peyote must be valued as biocultural patrimony of Mexico / Mauricio Genet Guzma´n Cha´vez.
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