Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and index.
Contents:
297. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and the Pamaale School Complex 1 "You Are Going to Save Many Lives": The Life Story of Mandu da Silva, Hohodene Jaguar Shaman, coauthored by Manuel da Silva and Ercilia Lima da Silva 31 -- 2 Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar Shaman's Powers of World-Making 53 -- 3 "You Will Suffer Along Our Way": The Great Suffering in Mandu's Life 105 -- Part 2 Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe -- 4 Creation, Cosmology, and Ecological Time 147 -- 5 Mythscapes as Living Memories of the Ancestors 208 -- Part 3 Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge and Power -- 6 The Birth of the Child of the Sun, Kuwai 233 -- 7 Death and Regeneration in the First Initiation Rites, Kwaipan 247 -- 8 The Struggle for Power and Knowledge among Men and Women 276 -- Part 4 Revitalization Movements in Traditional and Christianized Communities -- 9 The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and the Pamaale School Complex 297.
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