Non-humans in Amerindian South America: ethnographies of indigenous cosmologies, rituals and songs
"Drawing on fieldwork from diverse Amerindian societies whose lives and worlds are undergoing processes of transformation, adaptation, and deterioration, this volume offers new insights into the indigenous constitutions of humanity, personhood, and environment characteristic of the South Americ...
| Publié dans: | EASA series |
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
New York, NY Oxford
Berghahn
2019
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EASA series (37)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Montrer les volumes/articles. |
| Édition: | First published |
| Collection/Revue: | EASA series
37 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Amérique latine
/ Amérindiens
/ Religion
/ Cosmologie
/ Rite
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| Classifications IxTheo: | BB Religions traditionnelles ou tribales |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Indians of South America
Social life and customs
B Indians of South America Religion |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières Quatrième de couverture |
| Résumé: | "Drawing on fieldwork from diverse Amerindian societies whose lives and worlds are undergoing processes of transformation, adaptation, and deterioration, this volume offers new insights into the indigenous constitutions of humanity, personhood, and environment characteristic of the South American highlands and lowlands. The resulting ethnographies - depicting non-human entities emerging in ritual, oral tradition, cosmology, shamanism and music - explore the conditions and effects of unequally ranked life forms, increased extraction of resources, continuous migration to urban centers, and the (usually) forced incorporation of current expressions of modernity into indigenous societies"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1789200970 |