The life, death, and rebirth of a mapuche shaman: Remembering, disremembering, and the willful transformation of memory

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-119

  Bacigalupo, Ana Mariella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biography; Chile; Historical consciousness; Historicity; Mapuche; Shamanism; Social memory; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950806321     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0066.105     Document Type: Article

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