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Online-Ressource (290 p)
ISBN:
9789027978905
Serie:
World Anthropology
Inhalt:
Intro -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- General Introduction: "A Little Glass of Rum" -- PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS -- Introduction -- Magico-Religious Use of Tobacco Among South American Indians -- Coca and Popular Medicine in Peru: An Historical Analysis of Attitudes -- Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru? -- Yagé Among the Siona: Cultural Patterns in Visions -- PART TWO: MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- Introduction -- Social and Medical Aspects of the Use of Cannabis in Brazil -- Shamanism Among the Avá-Chiripá -- Effect of Rural-Urban Migration on Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Disease and Medicine in Southern Peru -- Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana -- Effects of Behavioral and Ecological Variations upon the Incidence of Parasitic Disease Among la Gente of Conceptión, Peru -- PART THREE: SPIRITS, STRUCTURES, AND STARS -- Introduction -- Body and Spirit Among the Sanumá (Yanoama) of North Brazil -- A Peruvian Curandero's Séance: Power and Balance -- Creative Process in Ritual Art: Piaroa Indians, Venezuela -- Not in Ourselves, But in Our Stars -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
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""General Editor�s Preface""; ""Preface""; ""General Introduction: “A Little Glass of Rum�""; ""PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS""; ""Introduction""; ""Magico-Religious Use of Tobacco Among South American Indians""; ""Coca and Popular Medicine in Peru: An Historical Analysis of Attitudes""; ""Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru?""; ""Yagé Among the Siona: Cultural Patterns in Visions""; ""PART TWO: MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY""; ""Introduction""; ""Social and Medical Aspects of the Use of Cannabis in Brazil""
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""Shamanism Among the Avá-Chiripá""""Effect of Rural-Urban Migration on Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Disease and Medicine in Southern Peru""; ""Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana""; ""Effects of Behavioral and Ecological Variations upon the Incidence of Parasitic Disease Among la Gente of Conceptión, Peru""; ""PART THREE: SPIRITS, STRUCTURES, AND STARS""; ""Introduction""; ""Body and Spirit Among the Sanumá (Yanoama) of North Brazil""; ""A Peruvian Curandero�s Séance: Power and Balance""
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""Creative Process in Ritual Art: Piaroa Indians, Venezuela""""Not in Ourselves, But in Our Stars""; ""Biographical Notes""; ""Index of Names""; ""Index of Subjects""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783110821031
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789027978905
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Spirits, Shamans, and Stars : Perspectives from South America
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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