{"product_id":"shamans-of-the-foye-tree-ana-mariella-bacigalupo-9780292716599","title":"Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among Chilean Mapuche","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on anthropologist Ana Mariella Bacigalupo's fifteen years of field research, \u003ci\u003eShamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among Chilean Mapuche\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study to follow shamans' gender identities and performance in a variety of ritual, social, sexual, and political contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Mapuche shamans, or \u003ci\u003emachi\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003efoye\u003c\/i\u003e tree is of special importance, not only for its medicinal qualities but also because of its hermaphroditic flowers, which reflect the gender-shifting components of \u003ci\u003emachi\u003c\/i\u003e healing practices. Framed by the cultural constructions of gender and identity, Bacigalupo's fascinating findings span the ways in which the Chilean state stigmatizes the \u003ci\u003emachi\u003c\/i\u003e as witches and sexual deviants; how shamans use paradoxical discourses about gender to legitimatize themselves as healers and, at the same time, as modern men and women; the tree's political use as a symbol of resistance to national ideologies; and other components of these rich traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive study on Mapuche shamans' gendered practices, \u003ci\u003eShamans of the Foye Tree\u003c\/i\u003e offers new perspectives on this crucial intersection of spiritual, social, and political power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ana Mariella Bacigalupo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292716591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292716599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.09w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 1200","brand":"Ana Mariella Bacigalupo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996720595199,"sku":"9780292716599","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_132150e9-1c3d-41fe-a1af-631fde14465c.jpg?v=1683343305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shamans-of-the-foye-tree-ana-mariella-bacigalupo-9780292716599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}