Animism in rainforest and tundra : personhood, animals, plants and things in contemporary Amazonia and Siberia / / edited by Marc Brightman, Vanessa Elisa Grotti, and Olga Ulturgasheva

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0957
• Soggetto topico: Shamanism - Amazon River Region; Shamanism - Russia (Federation) - Siberia; Human-plant relationships - Amazon River Region; Human-plant relationships - Russia (Federation) - Siberia; Human-animal relationships - Amazon River Region; Human-animal relationships - Russia (Federation) - Siberia
• Classificazione: LC 42000
• Altri autori: BrightmanMarc GrottiVanessa Elisa UlturgashevaOlga
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Amazonia 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 th
• Titolo autorizzato: Animism in rainforest and tundra
• ISBN: 1-283-65556-X; 0-85745-469-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810664503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II