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Shamans/neo-Shamans : ecstasy, alternative archaeologies, and contemporary pagans /

Shamans and shamanisms are in vogue at present. In popular culture, such diverse characters as occultist Aleister Crowley, Doors musician Jim Morrison and performance artist Joseph Beuys have been termed shamans. The anthropological construct 'shamanism', on the other hand, has association...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wallis, Robert J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. "White shamans" : sources for neo-shamanisms
  • 2. Plastic medicine men? : appraising the "great pretenders"
  • 3. Taliesin's trip, Wyrd Woden : druid and heathen neo-shamans
  • 4. "Celtic" and "northern" shamanisms? : contesting the past
  • 5. "Sacred" sites? : neo-shamans and prehistoric heritage
  • 6. Waking Neolithic ancestors : further controversies and "reburial"
  • 7. Invading Anthros, thieving Archos, wannabe Indians : academics, neo-shamans and indigenous communities
  • 8. Conclusion : neo-shamanisms in post-modernity.