Palm and the pleiades, the: initiation and cosmology in northwest amazonia
Auteur :
Hugh-Jones, Stephen
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521358903
Date de publication :
31 mars 1988
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
440 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The book is an extended study in English of Amazonian ritual. Through an analysis of a secret men's cult widespread throughout Northwest Amazonia, Hugh-Jones builds up a general picture of a South American Indian society, and of a religious and cosmological system that is common to a large area of Northwest Amazonia.