02455nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10245751 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060901s2007 txuab sb s001 0 eng 2006029141 GBA728308 bnb 013715403 Uk 9780292716582 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292716583 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780292716599 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0292716591 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646761204 s-cl--- F3126 .B33 2007eb 299.8/872 22 Bacigalupo, Ana Mariella. Shamans of the foye tree [electronic resource] : gender, power, and healing among Chilean Mapuche / Ana Mariella Bacigalupo. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. xi, 321 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-306) and index. Introduction: The gendered realm of the foye tree -- The ambiguous powers of machi : illness, awingkamiento, and the modernization of witchcraft -- Gendered rituals for cosmic order : shamanic struggles for wholeness -- Ritual gendered relationships : kinship, marriage, mastery, and machi modes of personhood -- The struggle for Machi masculinity : colonial politics of gender, sexuality, and power -- Machi as gendered symbols of tradition : national discourses and Mapuche resistance movements -- The responses of male machi to homophobia : reinvention as priests, doctors, and spiritual warriors -- Female machi : embodying tradition or contesting gender norms? -- Representing the gendered identities of machi : paradoxes and conflicts. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Mapuche Indians Rites and ceremonies. Mapuche Indians Government relations. Indigenous peoples Ecology Chile. Shamans Chile. Trees Religious aspects. Chile Social life and customs. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245751 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 36080 36080