
Juremas Children in the Forest of Spirits
Healing and ritual among two Brazilian indigenous groups
Series: Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Published: 1997
Pages: 144
eBook: 9781780445243
Paperback: 9781853394027
Introduction 1 | |||
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1. Ethnohistory and cultural identity 9 | |||
2. Ouricuri ritual, secrets and power 25 | |||
3. Space and time 38 | |||
4. Nature's kinfolk 57 | |||
5. The healing universe 70 | |||
6. Materia Medica and sets of health conditions 85 | |||
7. Conclusions: ethnicity, cognition and survival 92 | |||
Notes 104 | |||
Appendix 107 | |||
Glossary 123 | |||
Bibliography 128 |
Clarice Novaes da Mota
Clarice Novaes da Mota is Program Associate for Brazil at IPAS/USA, IPAS Brazil and Adjunct Professor at the Instituto de Filosofia e Cincias Sociais, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro.
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