03692nam 2200721 a 450 991095710640332120251117092034.01-83695-959-11-283-65556-X0-85745-469-210.1515/9780857454690(CKB)2670000000259524(EBL)1040761(OCoLC)813004615(Au-PeEL)EBL1040761(CaPaEBR)ebr10612450(CaONFJC)MIL396806(DE-B1597)636821(DE-B1597)9780857454690(Perlego)540143(MiAaPQ)EBC1040761(EXLCZ)99267000000025952420111024d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAnimism in rainforest and tundra personhood, animals, plants and things in contemporary Amazonia and Siberia /edited by Marc Brightman, Vanessa Elisa Grotti, and Olga Ulturgasheva1st ed.New York Berghahn Books20121 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-468-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Too Many Owners: Mastery and Ownership in Amazonia; Chapter 2 - Revisiting the Animism versus Totemism Debate:; Chapter 3 - Animism and the Meanings of Life: Reflections from Amazonia; Chapter 4 - Stories about Evenki People and their Dogs; Chapter 5 - Making Animals into Food among the Kanamari of Western Amazonia; Chapter 6 - 'Spirit-charged' Animals in Siberia; Chapter 7 - Shamans, Animals and Enemies; Chapter 8 - Expressions and Experiences of Personhood:Chapter 9 - Humanity, Personhood and Transformability in Northern AmazoniaChapter 10 - Masked Predation, Hierarchy and the Scaling of Extractive Relations in Inner Asia and Beyond; Afterword; Notes on Contributors; IndexAmazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged 'western' understandings of man's place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also 'things' such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of the two areas. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of thShamanismAmazon River RegionShamanismRussia (Federation)SiberiaHuman-plant relationshipsAmazon River RegionHuman-plant relationshipsRussia (Federation)SiberiaHuman-animal relationshipsAmazon River RegionHuman-animal relationshipsRussia (Federation)SiberiaShamanismShamanismHuman-plant relationshipsHuman-plant relationshipsHuman-animal relationshipsHuman-animal relationships306.0957306.0957LC 42000rvkBrightman Marc1667371Grotti Vanessa Elisa1875228Ulturgasheva Olga1085455MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957106403321Animism in rainforest and tundra4486178UNINA