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The Last Shaman

- Change in an Amazonian Community
Af: Andrew Gray Engelsk Paperback

The Last Shaman

- Change in an Amazonian Community
Af: Andrew Gray Engelsk Paperback
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The Arakmbut are an indigenous people who live in the Madre de Dios region of the southeastern Peruvian rain forest. Since their first encounters with missionaries in the 1950s,they have shown resilience and a determination to affirm their identity in the face of many difficulties. During the last fifteen years, Arakmbut survival has been under threat from a goldrush that has attracted hundreds of colonists onto their territories. This trilogy of books traces the ways in which the Arakmbut overcome the dangers that surround them: their mythology and cultural strength; their social flexibility; and their capacity to incorporate non-indigenous concepts and activities into their defence strategies. Each area is punctuated by the constant presence of the invisible spirit, which provides a seamless theme connecting the books to each other.

The death of a shaman in 1980 had an enormous spiritual and political consequences for one of the Arakmbut communities, resulting in a shift in its social organization from comparative hierarchy to a more egalitarian system. The author uses this case as an illustration to challenge the idea that indigenous peoples live in fossilized, static worlds. He shows that political activities in conjunction with shamanic communication with the spirit world provide the impetus and context for change.

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The Arakmbut are an indigenous people who live in the Madre de Dios region of the southeastern Peruvian rain forest. Since their first encounters with missionaries in the 1950s,they have shown resilience and a determination to affirm their identity in the face of many difficulties. During the last fifteen years, Arakmbut survival has been under threat from a goldrush that has attracted hundreds of colonists onto their territories. This trilogy of books traces the ways in which the Arakmbut overcome the dangers that surround them: their mythology and cultural strength; their social flexibility; and their capacity to incorporate non-indigenous concepts and activities into their defence strategies. Each area is punctuated by the constant presence of the invisible spirit, which provides a seamless theme connecting the books to each other.

The death of a shaman in 1980 had an enormous spiritual and political consequences for one of the Arakmbut communities, resulting in a shift in its social organization from comparative hierarchy to a more egalitarian system. The author uses this case as an illustration to challenge the idea that indigenous peoples live in fossilized, static worlds. He shows that political activities in conjunction with shamanic communication with the spirit world provide the impetus and context for change.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781571818362
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1571818367
Kategori: Antropologi
Udg. Dato: 1 aug 2003
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 144mm
Højde: 215mm
Forlag: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Oplagsdato: 1 aug 2003
Forfatter(e): Andrew Gray
Forfatter(e) Andrew Gray

Kategori Antropologi

ISBN-13 9781571818362

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 144mm

Højde 215mm

Udg. Dato 1 aug 2003

Oplagsdato 1 aug 2003

Forlag Berghahn Books, Incorporated

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