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“stacy b schaefer”

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  • Huichol Women, Weavers, and Shamans

    by Stacy B. Schaefer ...
    For centuries the Huichol (Wixárika) Indian women of Jalisco, Mexico, have been weaving textiles on backstrap looms. This West Mexican tradition has been passed down from mothers to daughters since pre-Columbian times. Weaving is a part of each woman’s identity—allowing them to express their ancient religious beliefs as well as to reflect the personal transformations they have undergone throughout ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Amada's Blessings from the Peyote Gardens of South Texas

    by Stacy B. Schaefer ...
    Amada Cardenas, a Mexican American woman from the borderlands of South Texas, played a pivotal role in the little-known history of the peyote trade. She and her husband were the first federally licensed peyote dealers. They began harvesting and selling the sacramental plant to followers of the Native American Church (NAC) in the 1930s, and after her husband’s death in the late 1960s Mrs. Cardenas ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Peyote

    History, Tradition, Politics, and Conservation

    Edited by Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar ...
    This book explains the role that peyote—a hallucinogenic cactus—plays in the religious and spiritual fulfillment of certain peoples in the United States and Mexico, and examines pressing issues concerning the regulation and conservation of peyote as well as issues of indigenous and religious rights.Why is mescaline—an internationally controlled substance derived from peyote—given exemptions for ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

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  • Growing Up in a Culture of Respect

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    by Inge Bolin ...
    Far from the mainstream of society, the pastoral community of Chillihuani in the high Peruvian Andes rears children who are well-adjusted, creative, and curious. They exhibit superior social and cognitive skills and maintain an attitude of respect for all life as they progress smoothly from childhood to adulthood without a troubled adolescence. What makes such child-rearing success even more ... Read more

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  • Watering the Revolution

    An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico

    by Mikael D. Wolfe ...
    In Watering the Revolution Mikael D. Wolfe transforms our understanding of Mexican agrarian reform through an environmental and technological history of water management in the emblematic Laguna region. Drawing on extensive archival research in Mexico and the United States, Wolfe shows how during the long Mexican Revolution (1910-1940) engineers’ distribution of water paradoxically undermined land ... Read more

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  • Electric Santería

    Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion

    by Aisha Beliso-De Jesús ...
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    Santería is an African-inspired, Cuban diaspora religion long stigmatized as witchcraft and often dismissed as superstition, yet its spirit- and possession-based practices are rapidly winning adherents across the world. Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús introduces the term "copresence" to capture the current transnational experience of Santería, in which racialized and gendered spirits, deities, priests, ... Read more

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  • Carlos Aldama's Life in Batá

    Cuba, Diaspora, and the Drum

    by Umi Vaughan, Carlos Aldama ...
    Batá identifies both the two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of the Yoruba people and the culture and style of drumming, singing, and dancing associated with it. This book recounts the life story of Carlos Aldama, one of the masters of the batá drum, and through that story traces the history of batá culture as it traveled from Africa to Cuba and then to the United States. For the enslaved Yoruba, ... Read more

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  • Sacred Leaves of Candomblé

    African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil

    by Robert A. Voeks ...
    Winner, Hubert Herring Book Award, Pacific Coast Council on Latin American StudiesCandomblé, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. When its African adherents were forcibly transplanted to the New World, they faced the challenge not only of maintaining their culture and ... Read more

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  • Raramuri Souls

    Knowledge and Social Process in Northern Mexico

    by William L. Merrill ...
    Series series Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry
    In his sensitive portrayal of the Raramuri (or Tarahumara) Indians, Merrill examines the ways in which a society, lacking formal educational institutions, produces and transmits its basic knowledge about the world. ... Read more

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  • Borderlands Curanderos

    The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo

    by Jennifer Koshatka Seman ...
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  • A Teacher's Guide to The Alchemist

    Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter

    by Paulo Coelho, Amy Jurskis ...
    Unlock the profound lessons of Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece with A Teacher’s Guide to The Alchemist.This essential companion is designed to help educators navigate the allegorical journey of Santiago, the shepherd boy who travels in search of treasure. This guide provides a structured approach to teaching the novel’s spiritual and philosophical depth, making its timeless wisdom accessible and ... Read more

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