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The curse of Nemur : in search of the art, myth, and ritual of the Ishir / Ticio Escobar ; translated by Adriana Michele Campos Johnson ; foreword by Michael Taussig.
Penn Museum Library F2230.2.C5 E8313 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Escobar, Ticio, 1947-
- Series:
- Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Illuminations: cultural formations of the Americas
- Standardized Title:
- Maldición de Nemur. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Chamacoco mythology.
- Chamacoco Indians--Religion.
- Chamacoco Indians.
- Chamacoco Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 303 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Spanish.
- Summary:
- The Curse of Nemur is part field diary, part art critique, and part cultural anthropology, it provides deep insights into the powerful and enigmatic narrative myths of the Ishir, expressed through body painting, feather decoration, dream songs, shamanism, and ritual. Ticio Escobar offers a glimpse of an aesthetic "other," and in so doing, causes us to reexamine Western perspectives on the interpretation of art, belief, and Native American culture.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The great myth
- Feathers and featherwork
- Corporal painting
- The rite
- The path of the shamans
- The history.
- Notes:
- Translation of: La maldición de Nemur.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0822942933
- 9780822942931
- 0822959372
- 9780822959373
- OCLC:
- 70839744
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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