Shamans and Religion
Author | : Alice Beck Kehoe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-13 | : UVA:X004473535 |
ISBN-10 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shamans and Religion by : Alice Beck Kehoe
Download or read book Shamans and Religion written by Alice Beck Kehoe and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kehoe (anthropology, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) seeks to inoculate her students against the mushy thinking she finds concerning shamans and shamanism. She traces the misinformation to a sensational mid-20th-century French tome by which expatriate Romanian Mircea Eliade hoped to acquire a reputation and a place in a European or American university. (He succeeded.) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR