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Willerslev, Rane, 1971-

Title Soul hunters : hunting, animism, and personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs / Rane Willerslev.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	305.8946 W667s 2007	---	Available

Description	xvi, 229 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-219) and index.
Contents	Animism as mimesis -- To kill or not to kill: rebirth, sharing, and risk -- Body-soul dialectics: human rebirth beliefs -- Ideas of species and personhood -- Animals as persons -- Shamanism -- The spirit world -- Learning and dreaming -- Taking animism seriously.
Subject	Yukaghir -- Hunting -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
	Animism -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
	Yukaghir -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Folklore.
	Ethnology -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
	Siberia (Russia) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN	0520252179 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780520252172 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780520252165 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0520252160 (cloth : alk. paper)
	1433708787
	9781433708787
Standard No.	AU@ 000041037448
	NZ1 11098084
	NLGGC 311724108
	NLGGC 30903812X