{"product_id":"the-last-shaman-change-in-an-amazonian-community-9781571818744","title":"The Last Shaman: Change in an Amazonian Community","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThe death of a shaman in 1980 had an enormous spiritual and political consequences for one of the Arakmbut communities, resulting in a shift in its social organization from comparative hierarchy to a more egalitarian system. The author uses this case as an illustration to challenge the idea that indigenous peoples live in fossilized, static worlds. He shows that political activities in conjunction with shamanic communication with the spirit world provide the impetus and context for change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBuy all three volumes for 20% discount\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSeries Preface\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Death of the Shaman\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Species and Spirits\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e E’manoka’e – Curing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dreams and the Source of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Politics of Shamanic Curing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Social Path from Desire to Power\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Generosity and Giving\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Encounters\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Change among the Arakmbut\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Colonial Context of Social Change\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Internal Factors in Socio-Political Change\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Invisible World and its Changeless Qualities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tOrthography\u003cbr\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041433551191,"sku":"9781571818744","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571818744.jpg?v=1750950261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-shaman-change-in-an-amazonian-community-9781571818744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}