Soul hunters : hunting, animism, and personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs /

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Basing his study on firsthand experience with Yukaghir hunters, Rane Willerslev focuses on the practical implications of living in a 'hall of mirrors' world, one inhabited by humans, animals and spirits, all of whom are understood to be endless mimetic doubles of one another.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Willerslev, Rane, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Yukaghir > Hunting > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Animism > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Yukaghir > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > Folklore.
Ethnology > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Youkaghir (Peuple de Sibérie) > Chasse > Russie > Sibérie.
Animisme > Russie > Sibérie.
Youkaghir (Peuple de Sibérie) > Russie > Sibérie > Folklore.
Ethnologie > Russie > Sibérie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Animism
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Yukaghir
Animismus
Jukagiren
Animismus > Jagd > Jukagiren.
Jagd > Animismus > Jukagiren.
Jagd > Animismus > Russland > Jukagiren.
Animism > Ryssland > Sibirien.
Jägare/samlare > Ryssland > Sibirien.
Siberia (Russia) > Social life and customs.
Sibérie (Russie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Russia (Federation) > Siberia
Jukagiren.
Jakutien > Ethnologie.
Jukagiren > Jagd > Animismus.
Folklore
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Animism as mimesis
  • To kill or not to kill: rebirth, sharing, and risk
  • Body-soul dialectics: human rebirth beliefs
  • Ideas of species and personhood
  • Animals as persons
  • Shamanism
  • The spirit world
  • Learning and dreaming
  • Taking animism seriously.

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