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Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing

Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing - Paperback

by Michael Taussig
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael TaussigPublish date:1991-12-15Pages:538
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226790138ISBN-10:226790134UPC:9780226790138Book Category:History, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Latin AmericaBook Topic:South AmericaSize:9.34 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.6711Product ID:SC52QQWSMB
Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, Taussig reveals not the magic of the shaman but that of the politicizing fictions creating the effect of the real.

"This extraordinary book . . . will encourage ever more critical and creative explorations."--Fernando Coronil, [I]American Journal of Sociology[/I]

"Taussig has brought a formidable collection of data from arcane literary, journalistic, and biographical sources to bear on . . . questions of evil, torture, and politically institutionalized hatred and terror. His intent is laudable, and much of the book is brilliant, both in its discovery of how particular people perpetrated evil and others interpreted it."--Stehen G. Bunker, Social Science Quarterly
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226790138ISBN-10:226790134UPC:9780226790138Book Category:History, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Latin AmericaBook Topic:South AmericaSize:9.34 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.6711Product ID:SC52QQWSMB
Taussig, Michael: -

Michael Taussig is the Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of several books, including The Corn Wolf and Beauty and the Beast, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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2nd Edition

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