Art and Shamanhood
By: edited by Elvira Eevr Djaltchinova-Malec
Contributors: Polski Instytut Studiów nad Sztuką Świata; International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism; Akadémiai Kiadó; International Society for Shamanistic Research. Conference
Series: Bibliotheca Shamanistica -- volume 14; Bibliotheca shamanistica -- v. 14.
Publisher: Akadémia Kiadó; Polish Institute of World Art Studies; Tako Publishing House
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Budapest; Warsaw; Torun
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9788362737369; 9789635670574
Subjects: Shamanism; Shamanism in art; Szamanizm; Konferencje
Notes: At head of title: Polish Institute of World Art Studies, the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism.

"This volume is the result of the 10th ISSR Conference held in Warsaw 5-9 October 2011"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The shamanic-ecstatic hypothesis for the Alpine rock art of Valcamonica; title: Sensuous visions : encountering the shamanistic rock art of the Bayan Jurek Mountains, Kazakhstan; title: Depictions in Sami rock art of the Mother Earth figure; title: Argimpasa-Scythian goddess, patroness of shamans : a comparison of historical, archaeological, linguistic and ethnographic data; title: The bear and the plough : shamanism in the Neolithic; title: From shamanic rituals to theatre and cultural industry : the state, shamanism and gender among the Kavalan (Taiwan); title: Mongolian shamanism envisaged, embodied; title: Women shamans and their portrayal in the Olonkho Sakha epic poems; title: The poetics of healing : shamanic rituals in Central Nepal; title: Inadvertent art : icons, music and dance in Chepang (Nepal) and Seman-Negrito (Peninsular Malaysia) shamanism; title: Artistic expressions of the visual language on Sami ritual drums; title: The ritual art and paraphernalia of the Nepalese jhankris and Tamang bombo; title: Artists as shamans : historical review and recent theoretical model; title: Perspectives on the arts of Parbati; title: Shamanic artistry in a French absurdist play; title: The shamanic works of Minsalim Timergazeev and other artists of the First Internationall Woodcarving Festival of Uvat; title: Norval Morrisseau; title: shaman-artist; title: The hand on the wall of the cave : exploring connections between shamanism and the visual arts.