"In Shamanism in the Contemporary Novel, Özlem Öğüt Yazıcıoğlu examines shamanism as a significant trope in a selection of contemporary novels. Yazicioglu finds that these works, which feature shamanic figures and societies with animistic cosmologies, ultimately challenge anthropocentric and androcentric discourses and offer alternative perspectives for social and environmental justice on an endangered planet"-- Provided by publisher.
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