Female Shamanism and the Mapuche Transformation into Christian Chilean Farmers |
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| Authors: | Lydia Nakashima Degarrod |
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| Institution: | Center for Study of World Religions , Harvard Divinity School , Cambridge, MA, 01238, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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