Tricksters and Trancers

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Author	: Mathias Guenther
Publisher	: Indiana University Press
Total Pages	: 306
Release	: 1999-11-22
ISBN-10	: 0253213444
ISBN-13	: 9780253213440
Rating	: 4/5 (44 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Tricksters and Trancers by : Mathias Guenther

Book excerpt: " . . . a first-rate piece of scholarship . . . an invaluable summary and commentary on the multilingual literature on [Bushman] people." —Choice The trickster and trance dancer are the guides through Bushman (or San) religion, a world of ambiguity and contradiction, and of enchantment. The two figures, who in Bushman belief are symbolically equivalent and mystically linked, embody these antistructural traits.

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