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I Am Tsunki: Gender and Shamanism among the Shuar of Western Amazonia

Alexandre Surrallés

Journal of Latin American Anthropology September 1, 2004 DOI: 10.1525/jlca.2004.9.2.489 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Ethnography Peer reviewed
Population Shuar people of western Amazonia
Topics Shamanism
Citations 18
Key findings Shamanism among the Shuar is not exclusively male; women can become shamans, and gender roles in shamanic practice are fluid.

Abstract

I Am Tsunki: Gender and Shamanism among the Shuar of Western Amazonia. Marie Perruchon, Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology 33, 2003. 402 pp.