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Spirits, shamans, and stars : perspectives from South America / editors, David L. Browman, Ronald A. Schwarz.

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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Contributor:
Browman, David L.
Schwarz, Ronald A.
Conference Name:
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (9th : 1973 : Chicago, Ill.)
Series:
World Anthropology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of South America--Medicine--Congresses.
Indians of South America.
Indians of South America--Religion--Congresses.
Shamanism--South America--Congresses.
Shamanism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Edition:
Reprint 2011
Place of Publication:
The Hague ; New York : Mouton, 1979.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Front matter
General Introduction: "A Little Glass of Rum" / BROWMAN, DAVID L. / SCHWARZ, RONALD A.
PART ONE: Perspectives on Psychotropic Drugs
Introduction / BROWMAN, DAVID L. / SCHWARZ, RONALD A.
Magico-Religious Use of Tobacco Among South American Indians / WILBERT, JOHANNES
Coca and Popular Medicine in Peru: An Historical Analysis of Attitudes / GAGLIANO, JOSEPH A.
Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru? / WASSEN, S. HENRY
Yagé Among the Siona: Cultural Patterns in Visions / LANGDON, E. JEAN
PART TWO: Medical Anthropology
Social and Medical Aspects of the Use of Cannabis in Brazil / DE PINHO, ALVARO RUBIM
Shamanism Among the Avá-Chiripá / BARTOLOME, MIGUEL ALBERTO
Effect of Rural-Urban Migration on Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Disease and Medicine in Southern Peru / QUINTANILLA, A.
Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana / SINGER, PHILIP / ARANETA, ENRIQUE / NAIDOO, JAMSIE
Effects of Behavioral and Ecological Variations upon the Incidence of Parasitic Disease Among la Gente of Conception, Peru / McDANIEL,, JOHN M. / HARRIS, H. WILLIAM JR. / KATZ, SOLOMON Η.
PART THREE: Spirits, Structures, and Stars
Body and Spirit Among the Sanumá (Yanoama) of North Brazil / TAYLOR, KENNETH I.
A Peruvian Curandero's Séance: Power and Balance / SHARON, DOUGLAS
Creative Process in Ritual Art: Piaroa Indians, Venezuela / BOGLÁR, LAJOS
Not in Ourselves, But in Our Stars / DUMONT, JEAN-PAUL
Biographical Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Notes:
"The papers in this volume are an extension of the session Sociocultural Development and Economic Patterns in the Andes, held during the IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, September 1973".
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
9783110821031
3110821036
OCLC:
979586369

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