Language:
Spanish
Pages:
330 p
,
ill., map
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Biblioteca peruana de psicoanálisis 19
Series Statement:
Biblioteca peruana de psicoanálisis
Keywords:
Indians of South America Religion
;
Peru
;
Shamanism Peru
;
Indians of South America Medicine
;
Peru
;
Traditional medicine Peru
;
Peru
;
Heiler
;
Magie
Abstract:
"Exceptional volume brings together anthropologists, archaeologists, and ethnohistorians to examine the persistence and emergence of curing traditions, witchcraft, and spirit possession in northern Peru. Contributions include studies of the material culture (Elera), iconography (Makowski Hanula) and functions associated with precolumbian shamanism (Polia Meconi). Also considers colonial-era shamanism as a form of resistance (Mills, Gareis), European examples of colonial-era spirit possession (Blanco, Lemlij), and the persistence of cultural forms in contemporary curing (Topic, Sharon, Yauri Montero, Malengreau)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-330)
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