Occult life of things, the: native amazonian theories of materiality and personhood
Auteur :
Santos-Granero, Fernando
Éditeur :
University of Arizona Press
ISBN :
9780816530427
Date de publication :
28 févr. 2013
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
468 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Combining linguistic, ethnological, and historical perspectives, ten scholars re-introduce objects to contemporary studies of animism in order to explore how various peoples envision the lives of material objects: the occult, or extraordinary, lives of ‘things’ whose personas are normally not visible to lay people.