Physical Description:xi, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. print
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-306) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Introduction : the gendered realm of the Foye tree -- 2. The ambiguous powers of Machi : illness, Awingkamiento, and the modernization of witchcraft -- 3. Gendered rituals for cosmic order : shamanic struggles for wholeness -- 4. Ritual gendered relationships : kinship, marriage, mastery, and Machi modes of personhood -- 5. The struggle for Machi masculinity : colonial politics of gender, sexuality, and power -- 6. Machi as gendered symbols of tradition : national discourses and Mapuche resistance movements -- 7. The responses of male Machi to homophobia : reinvention as priests, doctors, and spiritual warriors -- 8. Female Machi : embodying tradition or contesting gender norms? -- 9. Representing the gendered identities of Machi : paradoxes and conflicts.
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