Robin M Wright

Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon

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Produktbeschreibung

Robin M. Wright is a professor of religion and an affiliate graduate faculty in the Department of Anthropology and Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida¿Gainesville. He is the coeditor of Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 408mm x 238mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9780803243941
• ISBN-10: 0803243944
• Artikelnr.: 36763469

Autorenporträt

Robin M. Wright is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida. He is the coeditor of Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia.  

Inhaltsangabe

 
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, and Prophets
1. "You Are Going to Save Many Lives": The Life Story of Mandu da Silva,
Hohodene Jaguar Shaman, coauthored by Manuel da Silva and Ercilia Lima da
Silva
2. Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar Shaman's Powers of World-Making
3. "You Will Suffer Along Our Way": The Great Suffering in Mandu's Life
Part 2. Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe
4. Creation, Cosmology, and Ecological Time
5. Mythscapes as Living Memories of the Ancestors
Part 3. Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge and Power
6. The Birth of the Child of the Sun, Kuwai
7. Death and Regeneration in the First Initiation Rites, Kwaipan
8. A Struggle for Power and Knowledge among Men and Women
Part 4. Revitalization Movements in Traditional and Christianized
Communities
9. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and
the Pamaale School Complex
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Letter Authorizing Reproductions of Kuwai-ka Wamundana
Appendix 2. Description of The Mysterious Body of Kuwai
Notes
Bibliography
Index