The Gift of Life - (Studies in Modern German Literature) by Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Paperback)
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Highlights
- This remarkable work of anthropology breaks new ground in the study of Latin American female shamanism.
- Author(s): Bonnie Glass-Coffin
- 262 Pages
- Social Science, Anthropology
- Series Name: Studies in Modern German Literature
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About the Book
In a uniquely personal account of the lives and healing arts of female shamans in northern Peru, the author alternates diaristic writings about her own experiences with ethnographic description. These alternate with chapters in which she describes the crisis that rocked her identity, her first contact with a female healer, and her own tumultuous but ultimately rewarding healing journey under two female shamans. 17 photos.Book Synopsis
This remarkable work of anthropology breaks new ground in the study of Latin American female shamanism.Review Quotes
a"The Gift of Life" is a sensitive and insightful examination . . . provide[ing] considerable ethnographic detail on healers and healing . . ."
aGlass-Coffin's fully contextualized discussion . . . provides much illuminating material . . . [she] has contributed significantly to the discipline's ongoing conversation about our ontological and epistemological foundations."
"The Gift of Life" is a sensitive and insightful examination . . . provideÝing¨ considerable ethnographic detail on healers and healing . . .
Glass-Coffins fully contextualized discussion . . . provides much illuminating material . . . Ýshe¨ has contributed significantly to the disciplines ongoing conversation about our ontological and epistemological foundations.
"Glass-Coffin's fully contextualized discussion . . . provides much illuminating material . . . [she] has contributed significantly to the discipline's ongoing conversation about our ontological and epistemological foundations."
Dimensions (Overall): 8.46 Inches (H) x 6.03 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: .93 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 262
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Anthropology
Series Title: Studies in Modern German Literature
Publisher: Unm Press
Theme: Cultural & Social
Format: Paperback
Author: Bonnie Glass-Coffin
Language: English
Street Date: March 1, 1998
TCIN: 88972850
UPC: 9780826318930
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-4343
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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