Literature and AnthropologyPhilip Adams Dennis, Wendell M. Aycock Literature and Anthropology consists of a collection of papers written by anthropologists, writers, and literary scholars in reference to a multitude of topics such as ethnographic mystery novels, Caribbean literature, anthropological poetry and shamanism. These papers were selected by an interdisciplinary committee at Texas Tech on the basis of their individual merits. |
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... shaman illuminate the literary manifestations of this mysterious figure . This chapter attempts first to define the shaman using scholarship from anthropology and interpretive patterns from comparative religion . The shaman stories ...
... shaman illuminate the literary manifestations of this mysterious figure . This chapter attempts first to define the shaman using scholarship from anthropology and interpretive patterns from comparative religion . The shaman stories ...
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... shaman images coalesce and diverge . In his book The Shaman : Patterns of Siberian and Ojibway Healing , anthropologist John Grim states : Among tribal peoples the shaman is the person , male or female , who experiences , absorbs , and ...
... shaman images coalesce and diverge . In his book The Shaman : Patterns of Siberian and Ojibway Healing , anthropologist John Grim states : Among tribal peoples the shaman is the person , male or female , who experiences , absorbs , and ...
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... shaman experiences natural symbols as revelatory of cosmic power " ( Grim 1983 , 185 ) . Lela , the main character of " The Burning , " does so : her shamanic call at the beginning of her story is accompanied by the insight into ...
... shaman experiences natural symbols as revelatory of cosmic power " ( Grim 1983 , 185 ) . Lela , the main character of " The Burning , " does so : her shamanic call at the beginning of her story is accompanied by the insight into ...
Contents
MAKING MYSTERIES WITH NAVAJO MATERIALS | 5 |
FICTIONAL | 15 |
Point of View in Anthropological Discourse | 31 |
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