Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon
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Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon by Robin M Wright
Tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the Northwest Amazon. In this original and engaging work, Robin M. Wright, who has known and worked with Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of Silva's life together with the Baniwas' broader society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions.
"Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans is a tour de force, a remarkable work of deep understanding and expressive skill that should become a classic of Amazonian ethnography"—Donald Pollock, Anthropos
"Complex, detailed, fascinating, and well-written."—Rebecca R. Stone, Journal of Anthropological Research
"No ethnographer has ever written so extensively on a single shaman of the northwest Amazon. . . . A monumental study!"—S. D. Glazier, Choice
"What Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon will be most remembered for is the essential connection between myths, religious roles, social organization, and physical places. . . . Any anthropologist interested in shamanism or animism should take note of it."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database
"Complex, detailed, fascinating, and well-written."—Rebecca R. Stone, Journal of Anthropological Research
"No ethnographer has ever written so extensively on a single shaman of the northwest Amazon. . . . A monumental study!"—S. D. Glazier, Choice
"What Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon will be most remembered for is the essential connection between myths, religious roles, social organization, and physical places. . . . Any anthropologist interested in shamanism or animism should take note of it."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database
Robin M. Wright is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida. He is the coeditor of Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803295230 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803295235 |
| Title | Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon |
| Author | Robin M Wright |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2016-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 408 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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