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Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man : A Study in Terror and Healing
Shamanism Colonialism and the Wild Man A Study in Terror and Healing
Author: Michael Taussig
Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, Taussig reveals not the magic of the shaman but that of the politicizing fictions creating the effect of the real. — "This extraordinary book . . . will encourage ever more critical and creative explorations."--Fernando Coronil, [I]American Journal of Sociology[/I] — "Taussig has brought a f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226790138
ISBN-10: 0226790134
Publication Date: 12/15/1991
Pages: 538
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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