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The Curse of Nemur : In Search of the Art, Myth and Ritual of the Ishir.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Illuminations SeriesPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (326 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822973096
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Curse of NemurDDC classification:
  • 398.2/08998
LOC classification:
  • F2230
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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