Cubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought : : Metaphysics of a Northwestern Amazonian People /

Cubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought : : Metaphysics of a Northwestern Amazonian People / / Irving Goldman; ed. by Peter Wilson.

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The societies of the Vaupés region are now among the most documented indigenous cultures of the New World, in part because they are thought to resemble earlier civilizations lost during initial colonial conflict. Here at last is the eagerly awaited publication of a posthumous work by the man widely...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Goldman, Irving,
TeilnehmendeR:
Hugh-Jones, Stephen.
MitwirkendeR:
Wilson, Peter J.,
HerausgeberIn:
Wilson, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (488 p.) :; 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Editor's Acknowledgments
  • Editor's Preface
  • Editor's Introduction
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. CREATION AND EMERGENCE
  • 3. THE SOCIAL ORDER
  • 4. DAILY LIFE AT GROUND LEVEL
  • 5. THE COSMIC ORDER
  • 6. THE RITUAL ORDER
  • 7. DEATH AND MOURNING
  • 8. SHAMANS, JAGUARS, AND THUNDERERS
  • 9. CONCEPTS OF POWER
  • 10. GENDER
  • Afterword by Stephen Hugh-Jones
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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