| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Life on top of the old sky: Yanomami habitat, ethnographic setting and local histories -- Inside the boa's abdomen: the Yanomami cosmos -- Hekura, the body and illness -- Hekuraprai: corporeal cosmogenesis -- Oneiric encounters -- Shamanic battlefield: the pendulum of life and death -- Two pathways to finding a cure: biomedical and shamanic treatment in the life of Yanomami -- Return of the ancestors: the all-pervading shawara, the end of the world and the beginning of a new epoch -- Postscript: Recent developments |
| Summary |
"This phenomenologically oriented ethnography focuses on experiential aspects of Yanomami shamanism, including shamanistic activities in the context of cultural change. The author interweaves ethnographic material with theoretical components of a holographic principle, or the idea that the 'part is equal to the whole, ' which is embedded in the nature of the Yanomami macrocosm, human dwelling, multiple-soul components, and shamans' relationships with embodied spirit-helpers. This book fills an important gap in the regional study of Yanomami people, and, on a broader scale, enriches understanding of this ancient phenomenon by focusing on the consciousness involved in shamanism through firsthand experiential involvement"--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR platform, viewed December 5, 2019) |
| Subject |
Yanomamo Indians -- Religion
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Yanomamo mythology.
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Shamanism -- Orinoco River Valley (Venezuela and Colombia)
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Yanomamo Indians -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Shamanism
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Yanomamo Indians -- Religion
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Yanomamo Indians -- Social conditions
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Yanomamo mythology
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South America -- Orinoco River Valley
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782388180 |
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1782388184 |
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