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ONLINE

1st ed.

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007

1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) : ill., maps

ISBN 0292716583 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 0292716591 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780292716582 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780292716599 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)646761204

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