Areruya and indigenous prophetism in Northern Amazonia
"Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the political, shamanic and mythological foundations of Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingariko in Northern Amazonia. It reflects on cultural transformations, revealing how Areruya is not only a shama...
| Summary: | "Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the political, shamanic and mythological foundations of Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingariko in Northern Amazonia. It reflects on cultural transformations, revealing how Areruya is not only a shamanic appropriation of Christianity, but also an indigenous and ritualized interpretation of colonization, whereby exogenous elements are corporally translated"-- |
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| Item Description: | Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro, 2019) under the title: Os Ingarikó e a religião Areruya Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 277 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-350-33873-9 978-1-350-33869-2 |
