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Female shamanism and the Mapuche transformation into Christian Chilean Farmers

Religion28Published In 1998 • Pages: 339-350

By: Nakashima Degarrod, Lydia.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the emergence of a new form of shamanism among the Mapuche of Chile during their first decades under the dominion of the Chilean state. Specifically, it links the emergence of a female shamanism with the policies implemented by the Chilean government and the Catholic Church to integrate the Mapuche into the Chilean society as Christian farmers. The material of this paper is based on historical material from 1881 to 1930 (p. 339).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Shamans and psychotherapists
Gender status
Gender roles and issues
Acculturation and culture contact
External relations
Missions
Education system
Pressure politics
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Mapuche
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2009
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Andes
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 2007
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1881-1930
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Chile
NotesAdditional notes
Lydia Nakashima Degarrod
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
76615899
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mapuche Indians