Austin, TX University of Texas Press 2007 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 335 p.

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[Victoria, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 0292716591, ISBN13: 9780292716599, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Softcover A groundbreaking examination of Chile's Mapuche shamans and their use of a unique tree in ritual transvestitism and political defiance. Num Pages: 335 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HRKT; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550. . 2007. Illustrated. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

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[Uxbridge, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 0292716591, ISBN13: 9780292716599, [publisher: Univ of Texas Pr] Softcover 321 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 0292716591, ISBN13: 9780292716599, [publisher: University Of Texas Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Drawing on anthropologist Ana Mariella Bacigalupo's fifteen years of field research, Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among Chilean Mapuche is the first study to follow shamans' gender identities and performance in a variety of ritual, social, sexual, and political contexts.To Mapuche shamans, or machi, the foye tree is of special importance, not only for its medicinal qualities but also because of its hermaphroditic flowers, which reflect the gender-shifting components of machi healing practices. Framed by the cultural constructions of gender and identity, Bacigalupo's fascinating findings span the ways in which the Chilean state stigmatizes the machi as witches and sexual deviants; how shamans use paradoxical discourses about gender to legitimatize themselves as healers and, at the same time, as modern men and women; the tree's political use as a symbol of resistance to national ideologies; and other components of these rich traditions.The first comprehensive study on Mapuche shamans' gendered practices, Shamans of the Foye Tree offers new perspectives on this crucial intersection of spiritual, social, and political power.
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[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

University of Texas Press, Date: 2007-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2007. University of Texas Press ISBN 0292716591 9780292716599 [US]