| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-306) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The gendered realm of the foye tree -- The ambiguous powers of machi : illness, awingkamiento, and the modernization of witchcraft -- Gendered rituals for cosmic order : shamanic struggles for wholeness -- Ritual gendered relationships : kinship, marriage, mastery, and machi modes of personhood -- The struggle for Machi masculinity : colonial politics of gender, sexuality, and power -- Machi as gendered symbols of tradition : national discourses and Mapuche resistance movements -- The responses of male machi to homophobia : reinvention as priests, doctors, and spiritual warriors -- Female machi : embodying tradition or contesting gender norms? -- Representing the gendered identities of machi : paradoxes and conflicts. |
| Subject |
Mapuche Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Mapuche Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. |
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Mapuche Indians. |
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Mapuche Indians -- Government relations.
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Mapuche Indians -- Government relations. |
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Ethnoecology -- Chile.
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Ethnoecology. |
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Chile. |
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Shamans -- Chile.
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Shamans. |
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Trees -- Religious aspects.
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Trees -- Religious aspects. |
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Chile -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| ISBN |
9780292716599 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780292716582 cloth alkaline paper |
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0292716583 cloth alkaline paper |
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0292716591 paperback alkaline paper |
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