“Men,” “shaman,” and “ayahuasca” as overlapping clichés in the Peruvian vegetalismo
February 15, 2018 Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier, Carl Kevin Carew 1 citation
This chapter presents the construction of the idea of a "Male-Shaman-Who-Heals-With-Ayahuasca" as an emergent myth in societies from the political North – a myth which asserts powerful meaning in a global world. This myth is related to power relationships between people and plants that are commodified and embedded in the context of capitalism and patriarchy. Guided by a reflexive empirical...