JOURNEYING THE POLITICS OF ECSTASY: Anthropological Perspectives on Neoshamanism
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https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i6.20Keywords:
neo-paganism, shamanism, altered consciousness, psychotropicsAbstract
In anthropology, archaeology and popular culture, ‘Shamanism’ may be one of the most used, abused and misunderstood terms to date. Researchers are increasingly recognising the socio-political roles of altered states of consciousness and shamanism in past and present societies, yet the rise of ‘Neoshamanism’ and its implications for academics and their subjects of study is consistently neglected.References
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Joralemon, D. “The Selling of the Shaman and the Problem of Informant Legitimacy.” Journal of Anthropological Research. 1990; 46(2): 105-118.
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Wallis, R.J. “‘Drumming Home the Polemics of Neoshamanism’: Conflicting Views and Contested Monuments in the Southwest United States.” Paper presented at the Contemporary Shamanism Conference June 1998, University of Newcastle; 1998.
Bend, C.; Wiger, T. Birth of a Modern Shaman. Minnesota: Llewellyn; 1987.
Brown, M. F. “Dark Side of the Shaman.” Natural History. 1989; November: 8-10.
Castile, G. P. “The Commodification of Indian Identity.” American Anthropologist. 1996; 98(4): 743-749.
Dowson, T. A. Review of Garlake, P. 1995. “The Hunter's Vision: The Prehistoric Rock Art of Zimbabwe.” Antiquity. 1996B; 70: 468- 469.
Dowson, T. A. Shamanism and Diversity of Interpretation in Rock Art Studies.; In Press.
Flaherty G. “The Performing Artist as the Shaman of Higher Civilisation.” Modern Language. 1988; 103(3): 519-539.
Flaherty, G. “Goethe and Shamanism.” Modern Language. 1989; 104(3): 580-596. Flaherty, G. Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century. New Jersey: Princeton University Press; 1992.
Green, R. “The Tribe Called Wannabee.” Folklore. 1988; 99(1): 30- 55.
Halifax, J. Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives. London: Penguin: Arkana; 1979.
Harner, M. The Way of the Shaman. London: Harper Collins; 1980.
Harvey, G. Listening People, Speaking Earth: Contemporary Paganism. London: Hurst & Co; 1997.
Hobson, G. “The Rise of the White Shaman as a New Version of Cultural Imperialism.” in: Hobson, G., ed. The Remembered Earth. Albuquerque, NM: Red Earth Press; 1978: 100-108.
Johnson, P. C. “Shamanism from Ecuador to Chicago: A Case Study in Ritual Appropriation.” Religion. 1995; 25: 163-178.
Joralemon, D. “The Selling of the Shaman and the Problem of Informant Legitimacy.” Journal of Anthropological Research. 1990; 46(2): 105-118.
Kehoe, A. B. “Primal Gaia: Primitivists and Plastic Medicine Men.” in: Clifton, J., ed. The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies. New Brunswick: Transaction; 1990: 193-209.
Neihardt, R. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogala Sioux. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press; 1932.
Rose, W. “The Great Pretenders: Further Reflections on White Shamanism.” in: Jaimes, M. A., ed. The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonisation and Resistance. Boston: South End; 1992: 403-421.
Smith, A. “For All Those Who Were Indian in a Former life.” in: Adams, C., ed. Ecofeminism and the Sacred. New York: Continuum; 1994: 168-171.
Wallis, R.J. “‘Drumming Home the Polemics of Neoshamanism’: Conflicting Views and Contested Monuments in the Southwest United States.” Paper presented at the Contemporary Shamanism Conference June 1998, University of Newcastle; 1998.
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1998-11-01
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Wallis, R. J. (1998). JOURNEYING THE POLITICS OF ECSTASY: Anthropological Perspectives on Neoshamanism. Pomegranate, 6(Autumn), 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i6.20
