Grafismo, multitemporalidad y textos como objetos de poder en la biografía de una Machi Mapuche en Chile
Revista Chilena de Antropología May 2, 2016 Ana Mariella Bacigalupo
Mapuche oral shamanic biographies and performances —some of which take the form of “bibles” and involve shamanic literacies— play a central role in the production of indigenous history in southern Chile. In this article, I explain how and why a mixed-race Mapuche shaman charged me with writing about her life and practice in the form of such a “bible”. This book would become a ritual object and...