Usos da ayahuasca e discursos sobre transtornos mentais na imprensa brasileira 1960-2010

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ID4953492
AuthorsVinícius Maurício De Lima (0000-0001-5111-3409, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume25
Pagese023018
Publication date2023-12-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiencias Sociales y Religión (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1518-4463 • E-ISSN: 1982-2650
PublisherUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.20396/csr.v25i00.8671997
OpenAlexW4390003124
LanguagePT
References cited16

Historically, ayahuasca has been associated in the press with "hallucination", "drugs" and "madness". However, the advancement of research on its "therapeutic potential" and the dissemination of results in the news raise the question, which is also a premise, whether there has been a transformation in the social meanings of the brew in a recent period. Here, the objective was to analyze the coverage of press vehicles in relation to the uses of ayahuasca and discourses on mental disorders. In terms of Latour, these press vehicles are fundamental 'actors' in a sociotechnical network of ayahuasca that integrates with other actors and with which it establishes 'associations' and 'controversies' in the public debate. An analysis was carried out of discourses on mental disorders related to the use of ayahuasca in reports by vehicles in Brazil, nationally and from the Amazon region, from the 1960s to 2020. These documents show changes in approach, in the narratives and grammars that have recently legitimized ayahuasca in comparison to previous decades

Ayahuasca · Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Religion and Society in Latin America

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