| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 321 p. : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Mapuche Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Mapuche Indians -- Government relations.
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Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Chile.
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Shamans -- Chile.
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Trees -- Religious aspects.
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Chile -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780292716582 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0292716583 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780292716599 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0292716591 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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