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Unknown Huichol : Shamans and Immortals, Allies against Chaos.
The culmination of 34 years of ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, this book offers ground-breaking insights into fundamental principles of Huichol shamanism and ritual. The scope and length of Fikes's research, combined with the depth of his participation with four Huichol shamans, e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
AltaMira Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Confessions of a Hybrid Anthropologist; Chapter 2: Shamanic Initiation and Ancestor Veneration; Chapter 3: Entering the Afterlife; Chapter 4: Interdependence and Continuity in Huichol Cosmology; Chapter 5: Seeking Sacred Indexes to Celebrate Life's Logos; Postscript; Appendix A: A Huichol Woman's Burial; Appendix B: Funeral Ritual Song Excerpts; Appendix C: Deer-Hunting and Reincarnating Rituals; Appendix D: Death and Mourning among the Huichol; Notes; References; Index; About the Author.