{"product_id":"the-living-ancestors-shamanism-cosmos-and-cultural-change-among-the-yanomami-of-the-upper-orinoco-9781789207583","title":"The Living Ancestors: Shamanism, Cosmos and Cultural Change Among the Yanomami of the Upper Orinoco","description":"\u003cp\u003e This phenomenologically oriented ethnography focuses on experiential aspects of Yanomami shamanism, including shamanistic activities in the context of cultural change. The author interweaves ethnographic material with theoretical components of a holographic principle, or the idea that the \"part is equal to the whole,\" which is embedded in the nature of the Yanomami macrocosm, human dwelling, multiple-soul components, and shamans' relationships with embodied spirit-helpers. This book fills an important gap in the regional study of Yanomami people, and, on a broader scale, enriches understanding of this ancient phenomenon by focusing on the consciousness involved in shamanism through firsthand experiential involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eZeljko Jokic\u003c\/strong\u003e received his PhD in Social Anthropology in 2004 at the University of Sydney. Since then he lectured at various universities, conducted a short-term fieldwork in Siberia and worked as a Research Assistant at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. He also spent several years working as a consultant for the Inter-American Organization for the Elimination of Onchocerciasis at the Amazonian Centre for Investigation and Control of Tropical Diseases, Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela. Currently, he is a Policy Officer at the Health and Medical Research Office of the Australian Government Department of Health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50371751969042,"sku":"9781789207583","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ed69155-0de6-4a4c-bbec-03b2758f41b3.jpg?v=1728538195","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-living-ancestors-shamanism-cosmos-and-cultural-change-among-the-yanomami-of-the-upper-orinoco-9781789207583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}