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Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing
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by Michael Taussig

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Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, Taussig reveals not the magic of the shaman but that of the politicizing fictions creating the effect of the real.

"This extraordinary book . . . will encourage ever more critical and creative explorations."--Fernando Coronil, [I]American Journal of Sociology[/I]

"Taussig has brought a formidable collection of data from arcane literary, journalistic, and biographical sources to bear on . . . questions of evil, torture, and politically institutionalized hatred and terror. His intent is laudable, and much of the book is brilliant, both in its discovery of how particular people perpetrated evil and others interpreted it."--Stehen G. Bunker, Social Science Quarterly

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Both terror and shamanism thrive on the subversion of order and meaning. The shaman, like a dadaist painter or poet, uses the technique of montage to disrupt conventional meaning.

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  • Title Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing
  • Author Michael Taussig
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Pages 538
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Publication date 1991-12-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780226790138 / 0226790134
  • Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6 x 1 in (23.72 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Topical: New Age
  • Category New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Dewey Decimal Code 986.163
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