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The Living Ancestors: Shamanism, Cosmos and Cultural Change Among the Yanomami of the Upper Orinoco

The Living Ancestors: Shamanism, Cosmos and Cultural Change Among the Yanomami of the Upper Orinoco - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Zeljko JokicPublish date:2020-07-01Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781789207583ISBN-10:1789207584UPC:9781789207583Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Indigenous StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC7WNFABBC

This phenomenologically oriented ethnography focuses on experiential aspects of Yanomami shamanism, including shamanistic activities in the context of cultural change. The author interweaves ethnographic material with theoretical components of a holographic principle, or the idea that the "part is equal to the whole," which is embedded in the nature of the Yanomami macrocosm, human dwelling, multiple-soul components, and shamans' relationships with embodied spirit-helpers. This book fills an important gap in the regional study of Yanomami people, and, on a broader scale, enriches understanding of this ancient phenomenon by focusing on the consciousness involved in shamanism through firsthand experiential involvement.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781789207583ISBN-10:1789207584UPC:9781789207583Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Indigenous StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC7WNFABBC

Zeljko Jokic received his PhD in Social Anthropology in 2004 at the University of Sydney. Since then he lectured at various universities, conducted a short-term fieldwork in Siberia and worked as a Research Assistant at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. He also spent several years working as a consultant for the Inter-American Organization for the Elimination of Onchocerciasis at the Amazonian Centre for Investigation and Control of Tropical Diseases, Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela. Currently, he is a Policy Officer at the Health and Medical Research Office of the Australian Government Department of Health.


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