The beauty of the primitive : shamanism and Western imagination / Andrei A. Znamenski.
| Author/creator | Znamenski, Andrei A., 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xv, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Enlightenment and romantic writers look at shamans -- From Siberia to North America: regionalists, anthropologists and exiled ethnographers -- Neurotics to tribal psychoanalysts: shamans through the eyes of psychology -- Power plants: psychedelic culture meets tribal spirituality -- Shamanism goes global: Mircea Eliade and Carlos Castaneda -- Anthropology, Castaneda's healing fiction, and neo-shamanism print culture -- Toward the ancient future: shamanism in the modern West -- Sources of inspiration: from Native Americana to European pagan folklore -- Back to Siberia: adventures of the metaphor in its motherland. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-423) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006020524 |
| ISBN | 9780195172317 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195172310 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BL2370.S5 Z53 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |