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Ethnohistory (2006) 53 (3): 445–477.
Published: 01 July 2006
...Jarich Oosten; Frédéric Laugrand; Cornelius Remie In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries most explorers, whalers, and ethnographers perceived Inuit traditions, especially shamanism, to be in a state of decline. The assumption that Inuit culture was on the brink of disappearance constituted...
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Ethnohistory (2018) 65 (2): 326–327.
Published: 01 April 2018
...Donald Pollock Shamanism, Discourse, Modernity . By Alberts Thomas Karl . ( Farnham, England : Ashgate Publishing Ltd. , 2015 . xiv+286 pp., introduction, bibliography, index . $122.00 cloth.) Copyright 2018 by American Society for Ethnohistory 2018 Thomas Alberts offers...
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Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (3): 489–533.
Published: 01 July 2004
...Ana Mariella Bacigalupo Spanish and criollo soldiers in what is now Chile viewed colonial Mapuche and especially male shamans ( machi weye ) as perverse sodomites engaged in devil worship. I analyze the gender identities of male and female machi in the colonial period by considering ethnic, gender...
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Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (4): 854–857.
Published: 01 October 2004
... with creation myths (notably the chapters by Alfredo Lopez Austin
and Terence Turner), whereas others focus on shamanism (Robin M.
Wright) and the logic of urban ceremonial centers (David Carrasco). The
most wide-ranging synthesis is provided by Lawrence E. Sullivan in his
chapter, ‘‘The World and its End...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2005) 52 (4): 791–792.
Published: 01 October 2005
... contrasting examples in which comanagement is regarded as a
success in the North.
Book Reviews 791
Rolling in Ditches with Shamans: Jaime de Angulo and the Professional-
ization of Anthropology. By Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz. (Lincoln: University
of Nebraska...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2014) 61 (2): 383–385.
Published: 01 April 2014
...Brian Stross Shamans, Witches, and Maya Priests: Native Religion and Ritual in Highland Guatemala . By Deuss Krystyna . ( London : Guatemalan Maya Centre , 2007 . 334 pp., preface, introduction, figures, maps, notes, glossary, bibliography, index . $55.00 paper.) Copyright 2014...
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Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (1): 194–199.
Published: 01 January 2012
....) Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among the Chilean Mapuche . By Bacigalupo Ana Mariella . ( Austin : University of Texas Press , 2007 . xi + 321 pp., notes, glossary, references, index, maps, drawings, photographs . $25.75 paper.) Copyright 2012 by American Society...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2023) 70 (1): 45–64.
Published: 01 January 2023
...Rachel Corr Abstract The aim of this article is to advance our knowledge of past shamanic practices in northwestern South America through an analysis of colonial-era criminal cases of people accused of using “superstitious” healing practices. A reading of three cases from late eighteenth-century...
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Ethnohistory (2007) 54 (2): 273–301.
Published: 01 April 2007
... indicates that cacao is an integral component in many rites of passage, including those associated with birth, social personhood, initiation, marriage, and death, as well as the initiation of shamans. As such it becomes an intimate ritual product implicated in areas of social identity and reproduction...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (2): 293–316.
Published: 01 April 2004
... in the field in the 1990s. The uprising, the doctrine of the charismatic shaman who fueled the movement, and the outcomes of the clash with the Argentine Army are described herein. The prophet's doctrine was rooted in a mythology of cosmic cataclysms. By following it, believers would be able to persuade...
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Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (1): 141–162.
Published: 01 January 2012
... to the present reveals a pattern marked by oscillations between hostilities and cautious friendship. These shifts are expressed in varied social relations described in the anthropological and historical scholarship on Amazonia, ranging from shamanic attack to marriage alliances. The paper explores this history...
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Dena'ina Resistance to Russian Hegemony, Late Eighteenth and Ninetenth Centuries: Cook Inlet, Alaska
Ethnohistory (2013) 60 (3): 485–504.
Published: 01 July 2013
..., the Dena'ina contextualized the turmoil not as the oppressive actions of invaders but as shaman-induced intracultural turmoil, thereby shaping the narrative in their own historical terms and negating the power of the occupier to frame history. Third, after the 1836–40 smallpox epidemic, many Dena'ina were...
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Ethnohistory (2006) 53 (2): 409–418.
Published: 01 April 2006
.... (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
440 pp., 16 color plates, 114 halftones, introduction, notes, bibliography,
index. $38.00 paper, $95.00 cloth.)
To Think with a Good Heart: Wixárika Women, Weavers, and Shamans.
By Stacy B. Schaefer. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2002. xvi...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2006) 53 (2): 419–431.
Published: 01 April 2006
.... (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
440 pp., 16 color plates, 114 halftones, introduction, notes, bibliography,
index. $38.00 paper, $95.00 cloth.)
To Think with a Good Heart: Wixárika Women, Weavers, and Shamans.
By Stacy B. Schaefer. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2002. xvi...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2006) 53 (2): 433–438.
Published: 01 April 2006
.... (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
440 pp., 16 color plates, 114 halftones, introduction, notes, bibliography,
index. $38.00 paper, $95.00 cloth.)
To Think with a Good Heart: Wixárika Women, Weavers, and Shamans.
By Stacy B. Schaefer. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2002. xvi...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2000) 47 (3-4): 635–667.
Published: 01 October 2000
... Relación del descubrimiento del río de las Amazonas, hoy S. Francisco de Quito, y declaración del mapa en donde está pintado. In La aventura del Amazonas . Rafael Díaz, ed. Pp. 23 -52. Crónicas de América 19. Madrid:Historia 16. Eliade, Mircea 1964 Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2005) 52 (4): 689–726.
Published: 01 October 2005
... the village, in the forest, and men carried out the women’s work
in the village. The Bará version of the myth says that the women ‘‘grew
very strong, and refused to have sex or bear children’’ (Jackson 1983: 188).
The men worried about the continuity of society and asked for the help of
the shaman creator...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (3): 631–633.
Published: 01 July 2012
... source of cutting-
edge scholarship on ethnohistorical topics.
At the same time, Neil continued to provoke anthropologists and histo-
rians alike to critically engage the prevalence of all forms of violent human
interactions. His masterful award-winning 2002 book, Dark Shamans,
begins...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2000) 47 (3-4): 755–766.
Published: 01 October 2000
... analysis of Baniwa shamanism, creation narratives,
and cosmogonic myths, Wright argues that Baniwa mythic discourse pre-
sents a sequence of catastrophes and regenerations that are related to the
end of the primordial world. According to Baniwa cosmology, the cre-
ator/transformer Iaperikuli saved...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (4): 827–829.
Published: 01 October 2004
... with creation myths (notably the chapters by Alfredo Lopez Austin
and Terence Turner), whereas others focus on shamanism (Robin M.
Wright) and the logic of urban ceremonial centers (David Carrasco). The
most wide-ranging synthesis is provided by Lawrence E. Sullivan in his
chapter, ‘‘The World and its End...
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