The Living Ancestors
Author： Jokic Zeljko
Publisher： Berghahn Books
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9781782388180
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781782388173
Subject： K777.8 National Shi
Keyword： 社会学,宗教
Language： ENG
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Description
This phenomenologically oriented ethnography focuses on experiential aspects of Yanomami shamanism, including shamanistic activities in the context of cultural change. The author interweaves ethnographic material with theoretical components of a holographic principle, or the idea that the "part is equal to the whole," which is embedded in the nature of the Yanomami macrocosm, human dwelling, multiple-soul components, and shamans' relationships with embodied spirit-helpers. This book fills an important gap in the regional study of Yanomami people, and, on a broader scale, enriches understanding of this ancient phenomenon by focusing on the consciousness involved in shamanism through firsthand experiential involvement.
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