TY  - BOOK
AU  - Escobar,Ticio
TI  - The Curse of Nemur: In Search of the Art, Myth and Ritual of the Ishir
T2  - Illuminations Series
SN  - 9780822973096
AV  - F2230 
U1  - 398.2/08998 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - PIttsburgh
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
KW  - Chamacoco mythology
KW  - Chamacoco Indians-Religion
KW  - Chamacoco Indians-Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Translator's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Great Myth -- Chapter 2. Feathers and Featherwork -- Chapter 3. Corporal Painting -- Chapter 4. The Rite -- Chapter 5. The Path of the Shamans -- Chapter 6. The History -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
N2  - Part field diary, part art critique, and part cultural anthropology-- the book offers a glimpse of an aesthetic "other" (the Ishir [Chamacoco] of Parguay), causing us to reexamine Western perspectives on the interpretation of art, religion, and Native American culture
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ER  -