The wander women: some thoughts about gender in Amazonia

Based on my ethnographic research with the Jarawara, speakers of an Arawá language inhabiting the middle course of the Purus River in Brazilian Amazonia, this article explores how a particular notion of the agency of Jarawara women may be linked to dream activity and shamanic knowledge. I examine th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maizza, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Anthropological Society of Oxford 2018