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- catalog abstract ""The word "shaman" has been used throughout the history of anthropology to describe indigenous healers around the world. In this outstanding text, Kehoe argues compellingly that the term is misused when applied to practitioners other than those from Siberia, where the term originated. Applying critical thinking techniques as a way of examining assumptions presented as fact, she deconstructs many commonly held notions of what shamanism is and isn't, closely critiquing widely cited articles and books on the subject. The problems discussed bring up important anthropological questions not limited to the anthropology of religion. How does the ethnographer distance his or her own (usually Western) socialization when describing the empirical reality of a culture? How does the reader of the anthropological literature do the same when analyzing others' writings? Kehoe maintains that critical thinking, long the fundamental method guiding both academic scholarship and pedagogy, helps answer these questions."--Book jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11923936.
- catalog coverage "Siberia (Russia) Religion.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""The word "shaman" has been used throughout the history of anthropology to describe indigenous healers around the world. In this outstanding text, Kehoe argues compellingly that the term is misused when applied to practitioners other than those from Siberia, where the term originated. Applying critical thinking techniques as a way of examining assumptions presented as fact, she deconstructs many commonly held notions of what shamanism is and isn't, closely critiquing widely cited articles and books on the subject. The problems discussed bring up important anthropological questions not limited to the anthropology of religion. How does the ethnographer distance his or her own (usually Western) socialization when describing the empirical reality of a culture? How does the reader of the anthropological literature do the same when analyzing others' writings? Kehoe maintains that critical thinking, long the fundamental method guiding both academic scholarship and pedagogy, helps answer these questions."--Book jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-115) and index.".
- catalog description "Real shamans -- Understanding religion from an anthropological perspective -- The idea of the shaman -- Religion or genes? -- Shamans everywhere? -- Shaman painters? -- Selling "shamanic journeys" -- Deafening silence.".
- catalog extent "viii, 125 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1577661621".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press,".
- catalog spatial "Siberia (Russia) Religion.".
- catalog subject "BL2370.S5 K43 2000X".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Religious aspects.".
- catalog subject "Religion.".
- catalog subject "Shamanism.".
- catalog subject "Shamans.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Real shamans -- Understanding religion from an anthropological perspective -- The idea of the shaman -- Religion or genes? -- Shamans everywhere? -- Shaman painters? -- Selling "shamanic journeys" -- Deafening silence.".
- catalog title "Shamans and religion : an anthropological exploration in critical thinking / Alice Beck Kehoe.".
- catalog type "text".