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Drug use and cultural contexts 'beyond the West' : tradition, change and post-colonialism / edited by Ross Coomber and Nigel South.
Penn Museum Library HV5801 .D66 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug utilization--Cross-cultural studies.
- Drug utilization.
- Drug abuse--Cross-cultural studies.
- Drug abuse.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 219 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : Free Association Books, [2004]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Drugs, Cultures and Controls in Comparative Perspective / Ross Coomber, Nigel South 13
- Chapter 2 The Ritual Use of Ayahuasca by Three Brazilian Religions / Edward MacRae 27
- Chapter 3 Coca Use in Bolivia: A Tradition of Thousands of Years / Alison Spedding 46
- Chapter 4 A Quasi-legal Commodity in the Andes: Coca-leaf Consumption in North-western Argentina / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui 65
- Chapter 5 Opium Use in Rajasthan India: A Socio-Cultural Perspective / Kalyan Ganguly 83
- Chapter 6 The Elixir of Life or the Devil's Cud: The Debate over Qat (Catha edulis) in Yemeni Culture / Daniel Martin Varisco 101
- Chapter 7 Camba (Bolivia) Drinking Patterns: Changes in Alcohol Use, Anthropology and Research Perspectives / Dwight B. Heath 119
- Chapter 8 The Dis-ease over Native North American Drinking: Experiences of the Innu of Northern Labrador / Colin Samson 137
- Chapter 9 In Search of the Divine: Wixarika (Huichol) Peyote Traditions in Mexico / Stacy B. Schaefer 158
- Chapter 10 Ganja and the Road to Decriminalisation in Jamaica / Barry Chevannes 177
- Chapter 11 Living with Heroin at the Kenya Coast / Susan Beckerleg 192.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1853437433
- OCLC:
- 56211090
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