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| Author(s): |
Henrique Fernandes Antunes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2012-10-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Paula Montero;
Edward John Baptista das Neves Macrae;
Julio Assis Simoes
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| Advisor: | Paula Montero |
| Abstract | |
The scope of this research is to map the public controversy concerning the use o ayahuasca. First, I focus on the academic literature and the ways which the history of ayahuasca is covered over three decades of debate. Then I explore a wide documental universe which includes academic productions, media, public policy, institutional documents of ayahuasca entities and productions of members of those institutions - to develop a map of the public controversy concerning ayahuasca in Brazil and its aftermath. Finally, based on an ethnographic study, conducted at Centro Pronto Socorro Espiritual Raimundo Irineu Serra, I analyze the forms of presentation, justification of practices and the construction of legitimacy in the public space of an institution that makes use of ayahuasca. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/04228-8 - Drug, religion and culture: mapping the public controversy concerning the use of ayahuasca in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Henrique Fernandes Antunes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |