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Portals of Power: Shamanism in South America

Michael F. Brown

The Latin American Anthropology Review March 1, 1994 DOI: 10.1525/jlca.1994.6.1.47.1 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Edited volume Peer reviewed
Population Indigenous groups in South America
Topics Shamanism
Citations 3
Key points Shamanism in South America operates as a dynamic 'portal of power' that integrates social, political, and spiritual dimensions, varying across cultures and historical contexts.

Abstract

Portals of Power: Shamanism in South America. E. Jean Matteson Langdon and Gerhard Baer, editors. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. vii + 350 pp., figures, bibliography, index. $35.00 (cloth). ISBN 0–8263–1345–0.