Spirits, shamans, and stars : perspectives from South America

Auteur(s) : Browman, David L. (Éd.)
Schwarz, Ronald A. (Éd.)
Description matérielle : XIII-276 p. : photos et illustrations en noir et blanc, cartes, schémas, tableaux ; 24 cm. Collection: World anthropology. Publication : The Hague : Mouton publishers, 1979.Cote : G.560(77)Note : Bibliographie en fin de chapitres. Index.
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General introduction: "A little glass of rum" / Browman, David L. and Schwarz, Ronald A. --

Introduction / Browman, David L. and Schwarz, Ronald A. --

Magico-religious use of tobacco among South American indians / Wilbert, Johannes --

Coca and popular medicine in Peru: an historical analysis of attitudes / Gagliano, Joseph A. --

Was "Espingo (Ispincu)" of psychotropic and intoxicating importance for the shamans in Peru ? / Wassén, S. Henry --

"Yagé" among the Siona: cultural patterns in visions / Langdon, E. Jean --

Introduction / Browman, David L. and Schwarz, Ronald A. --

Social and medical aspects of the use of cannabis in Brazil / Rubim de Pinho, Alvaro --

Shamanism among the Avá-Chiripá / Bartolomé, Miguel Alberto --

Effect of rural-urban migration on beliefs and attitudes toward disease and medicine in Southern Peru / Quintanilla, A. --

Learning of psychodynamics, history, and diagnosis management therapy by a Kali cult indigenous healer in Guiana / Singer, Philip ; Araneta, Enrique and Naidoo, Jamsie --

Effects of behavioral and ecological variations upon the incidence of parasitic disease among la gente of Concepción, Peru / McDaniel, John M. ; Harris Jr, H. William and Katz, Solomon H. --

Introduction / Browman, David L. and Schwarz, Ronald A. --

Body and spirit among the Sanumá (Yanoama) of North Brazil / Taylor, Kenneth I. --

A Peruvian "curandero's" séance: power and balance / Sharon, Douglas --

Creative process in ritual art: Piaroa indians, Venezuela / Boglár, Lajos --

Not in ourselves, but in our stars / Dumont, Jean-Paul.

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