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