Breaths of Life and Destruction: Composition and Decomposition of Persons
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https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2013.82473Keywords:
Shamanism, Blessings, Composition, Decomposition, Personhood.Abstract
Reflecting upon an ethnographic experience which took place in Northwestern Amazonia amongst the Yuhupdeh, commonly referred to as the Maku, we intend to approach a more general problem, i.e., the amerindian shamanic healing practices and their relation to the composition/decomposition of individuals. In account of these practices’ wide range, we will focus on two main ethnographic moments: the performing of oral formulas.Downloads
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2013-12-12
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Lolli, P. (2013). Breaths of Life and Destruction: Composition and Decomposition of Persons. Revista De Antropologia, 56(2), 365-396. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2013.82473
