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| Author(s): |
Juliana Rosalen
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2018-03-09 |
| Examining board members: |
Dominique Tilkin Gallois;
Esther Jean Matteson Langdon;
Valéria Mendonça de Macedo;
Beatriz Perrone Moisés;
Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira
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| Advisor: | Dominique Tilkin Gallois |
| Abstract | |
This research investigates the multiplication of mental illness diagnosis among the Wajãpi of Amapari and in parallel the gradual and discrete rise in prescriptions of psychotropical medications. In order to understand this phenomenon, the study analyzes both the family explanations about the altered states of their relatives and also the different paths taken to try to reverse such states. In doing so, these families establish relations with very different agents, such as: shamans, doctors, psychologists, missionaries, pastors and healers. All the relations described in this study reinforce the idea that, to Wajãpi, it is only possible to live realizing different compositions. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/24436-0 - Black badge: an anthropological study on the so-called psychiatric disturbances among indigenous peoples |
| Grantee: | Juliana Rosalen |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |