Portals of power : Shamanism in South America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Langdon, E. Jean Matteson, 1944-, Baer, Gerhard, 1934-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1992]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Shamanism and anthropology / E. Jean Matteson Langdon
  • Culina shamanism; Gender, power, and knowledge / Donald Pollock
  • Dau; Shamanic power in Siona religion and medicine / E. Jean Matteson Langdon
  • The concept of nihue among the Shipibo-Conibo of Eastern Peru / Bruno Illius
  • The one intoxicated by tobacco; Matsigenka shamanism / Gerhard Baer
  • The body of the Guaijiro shaman; Symptoms or symbols? / Michel Perrin
  • He who dreams; The nocturnal source of transforming power in Kagwahiv shamanism / Waud H. Kracke
  • Dream, shamanism, and power among the toba of formosa province / Pablo G. Wright
  • A musical aesthetic of ritual curing in the northwest amazon / Jonathan D. Hill
  • Nobody is there to hear; Desana therapeutic incantations / Dominique Buchillet
  • Icaros; Magic melodies among the Mestizo shamans of the Peruvian amazon / Luis Eduardo Luna
  • Venancio Kamiko; Wakuénai shaman and messiah / Robin M. Wright, Jonathan D. Hill
  • Sibundoy shamanism and popular culture in Colombia / María Clemencia Ramírez de Jara, Carlos Ernesto Pinzón Castan̄o.