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The Last Shaman: Change in an Amazonian Community

The Last Shaman: Change in an Amazonian Community

Gray, Andrew

Paperback

Series: Arakmbut of Amazonian Peru, Book 2

Religion General AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1571818367
ISBN13: 9781571818362
Publisher: Berghahn Books Inc
Published: Aug 1 2003
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The Arakmbut are an indigenous people who live in the Madre de Dios region of the southeastern Peruvian rain forest. Since their first encounters with missionaries in the 1950s, they have shown resilience and a determination to affirm their identity in the face of many difficulties. During the last fifteen years, Arakmbut survival has been under threat from a goldrush that has attracted hundreds of colonists onto their territories. This trilogy of books traces the ways in which the Arakmbut overcome the dangers that surround them: their mythology and cultural strength; their social flexibility; and their capacity to incorporate non-indigenous concepts and activities into their defence strategies. Each area is punctuated by the constant presence of the invisible spirit, which provides a seamless theme connecting the books to each other.

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