The Ethnopoetics of Shamanism [electronic resource] /
Lima, Marcel de.author.
Over the last century, Western portrayals of shamanism have changed radically toward an ethnopoetics of shamanism. While shamanic practices had long been indirectly registered by Westerners, it is only since the late nineteenth century that they have taken on symbolic import within discourses of primitivism and debates over magic and rationality.
Includes index.
Over the last century, Western portrayals of shamanism have changed radically toward an ethnopoetics of shamanism. While shamanic practices had long been indirectly registered by Westerners, it is only since the late nineteenth century that they have taken on symbolic import within discourses of primitivism and debates over magic and rationality.
Shamanism : a historical appraisal -- The poetics of Shamanism -- The case of Nicholas Black Elk -- The case of María Sabina -- The case of Carlos Castaneda.
Ethnography.
Ethnology.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnography.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Sociology of Religion.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Cultural Studies.