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Shamanism, colonialism, and the wild man

a study in terror and healing

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Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, Taussig reveals not the magic of the shaman but that of the politicizing fictions creating the effect of the real. "This extraordinary book . . . will encourage ever more critical and creative explorations."--Fernando Coronil, [I]American Journal of Sociology[/I] "Taussig has brought a formidable collection of data from arcane literary, journalistic, and biographical sources to bear on . . . questions of evil, torture, and politically institutionalized hatred and terror. His intent is laudable, and much of the book is brilliant, both in its discovery of how particular people perpetrated evil and others interpreted it."--Stehen G. Bunker, Social Science Quarterly.

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Cover of: Chamanismo, colonialismo y el hombre salvaje : un estudio sobre el terror y la curación
Cover of: Chamanismo, Colonialismo, Y El Hombre Salvaje
Chamanismo, Colonialismo, Y El Hombre Salvaje: Un Estudio Sobre El Terror Y La Curacion
2002, Editorial Norma
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Cover of: Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man
Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing
December 15, 1991, University Of Chicago Press
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Cover of: Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man
Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing
February 1, 1987, University Of Chicago Press
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Shamanism, colonialism, and the wild man: a study in terror and healing
1986, University of Chicago Press
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [495]-502.
Includes index.

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Chicago

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
986.1/6300498
Library of Congress
F2269.1.P87 T38 1987, F2269.1.P87T38 1987

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 517 p. :
Number of pages
517

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Open Library
OL2718183M
ISBN 10
0226790126
LCCN
86011410
OCLC/WorldCat
13794007
LibraryThing
443085
Goodreads
1056474

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OL33626W

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