Cashinahua cosmovision : a perspectival approach to identity and alterity

This thesis explores the interface of social and cosmogonic thought in an indigenous society of the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. The first part sets out the Cashinahua ontological framework, describes key concepts and places the Cashinahua in the broader context of an Amerindian worldview where pe...

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Main Author: Lagrou, Elsje Maria
Other Authors: Overing, Joanna
Published: University of St Andrews 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511476