Spirits, Shamans, and Stars : : Perspectives from South America / / ed. by David L. Browman, Ronald A. Schwarz.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011] ©1980 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | Reprint 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) :; Num. maps. and plates |
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Other title: | I-XIV -- General Introduction: "A Little Glass of Rum" -- PART ONE: Perspectives on Psychotropic Drugs -- Introduction -- Magico-Religious Use of Tobacco Among South American Indians -- Coca and Popular Medicine in Peru: An Historical Analysis of Attitudes -- Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru? -- Yagé Among the Siona: Cultural Patterns in Visions -- PART TWO: Medical Anthropology -- Social and Medical Aspects of the Use of Cannabis in Brazil -- Shamanism Among the Avá-Chiripá -- Effect of Rural-Urban Migration on Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Disease and Medicine in Southern Peru -- Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana -- Effects of Behavioral and Ecological Variations upon the Incidence of Parasitic Disease Among la Gente of Conception, Peru -- PART THREE: Spirits, Structures, and Stars -- Body and Spirit Among the Sanumá (Yanoama) of North Brazil -- A Peruvian Curandero's Séance: Power and Balance -- Creative Process in Ritual Art: Piaroa Indians, Venezuela -- Not in Ourselves, But in Our Stars -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110821031 9783110637922 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110821031 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by David L. Browman, Ronald A. Schwarz. |