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Spirits, shamans, and stars : perspectives from South America /
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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The Hague ; New York :
Mouton,
©1979.
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| Series: | World anthropology.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- General Editor�s Preface
- Preface
- General Introduction: “A Little Glass of Rum�
- PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
- Introduction
- Magico-Religious Use of Tobacco Among South American Indians
- Coca and Popular Medicine in Peru: An Historical Analysis of Attitudes
- Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru?
- Yagé Among the Siona: Cultural Patterns in Visions
- PART TWO: MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- Introduction
- Social and Medical Aspects of the Use of Cannabis in Brazil
- Shamanism Among the Avá-ChiripáEffect of Rural-Urban Migration on Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Disease and Medicine in Southern Peru
- Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana
- Effects of Behavioral and Ecological Variations upon the Incidence of Parasitic Disease Among la Gente of Conceptión, Peru
- PART THREE: SPIRITS, STRUCTURES, AND STARS
- Introduction
- Body and Spirit Among the Sanumá (Yanoama) of North Brazil
- A Peruvian Curandero�s Séance: Power and Balance
- Creative Process in Ritual Art: Piaroa Indians, VenezuelaNot in Ourselves, But in Our Stars
- Biographical Notes
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects