Journal of Anthropological Research

THE LIFE, DEATH, AND REBIRTH OF A MAPUCHE SHAMAN: Remembering, Disremembering, and the Willful Transformation of Memory

Journal of Anthropological Research April 1, 2010 Ana Mariella Bacigalupo 13 citations

I draw on ethnographic and archival material collected between 1991 and 2008 to explore the story of a Mapuche shaman in her community in southern Chile and illuminate the ways in which particular marginalized groups see themselves in time. Francisca Colipi's unique position as both an anomalous, liminal outsider and a powerful mediator between internal community factions and ethnicities makes...