The Shaman’s Drum: Eurocentric Interpretations of Non-European Sonic Worlds
VIRUS - Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin 2023 Bernd Brabec 1 citation
In this contribution, I will focus on the history and meaning construction of the term “shamanism” and its implications for the music that is attached to this concept. “Shamanism” was brought to Europe from Russian Siberia in the 17th century and then, until the 20th century was re-interpreted as an epitome of the exotic and diabolic. During the last third of the 20th century, however, the term...