Description
People of the Peyote explores the Huichol Indians of Mexico, who are best known for their worship of the peyote cactus. Ritually harvested each year, the peyote flower plays a central role in most Huichol observances of the annual ceremonial round. The Huichols have been the most culturally persistent indigenous group in Mexico and have maintained their pre-Christian religion with only minimal accommodation to Catholicism. Eighteen essays explore Huichol ethnography, ethnohistory, shamanism, religion, mythology, art, ethnobotany, society, and other topics. The authors, including Huichol contributors, are an international array of scholars on the Huichols and indigenous peoples of Mexico.
Author: Stacy B. Schaefer
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 11/01/1997
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.36lbs
Size: 10.09h x 7.08w x 1.49d
ISBN13: 9780826319050
ISBN10: 082631905X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- History | Latin America | Mexico