Xamanismo no Brasil
Subtitle: novas perspectivas
By: E. Jean Matteson Langdon, organizadora.
Contributors: Langdon, E. Jean Matteson, 1944-
Publisher: Editora da UFSC
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Florianópolis
Language: por
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Religion.; Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Rites and ceremonies.; Shamanism -- Brazil.
Description: "Collection of 12 articles on shamanism among various indigenous groups in Brazil, mainly in the northern and western Amazon. Highly useful introduction contextualizes the study of shamanism in the history of anthropology. The 'new' perspectives treat shamanism as a cosmological system, grounded in 1) a notion of cosmic energy to which shamanic power is linked; 2) a principle of transformation which characterizes a metaphoric vision of the universe; and 3) shamanic ecstasy as the basis of shamans' power"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.