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The Art and Politics of Wana Shamanship
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South Asian CultureEducationFolklore TraditionCultural StudiesUpland PopulationCultural AnalysisReligion StudiesSocial LifeJane Monnig AtkinsonCultural HistoryLanguage StudiesCultural PracticeWorld CulturesCultureWana ShamanshipShamanismSpiritualityEthnographyAnthropologySocial AnthropologyCultural AnthropologyRitual Studies
Rituals are valued by students of culture as lenses for bringing facets of social life and meaning into focus. Jane Monnig Atkinson's carefully crafted study offers unique insight into the rich shamanic ritual tradition of the Wana, an upland population of Sulawesi, Indonesia.