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Soul Hunters: Hunting, Animism, and Personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs
Rane Willerslev
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Paperback. An ethnographic interpretation of the hunting life of the Yukaghirs, a little-known group of indigenous people in the Upper Kolyma region of northeastern Siberia. This book focuses on the practical implications of living in a "hall-of-mirrors" world - one inhabited by humans, animals, and spirits. Num Pages: 235 pages, 1 map, 6 line drawings, 9 b/w photos. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352. Hunting, Animism, and Personhood Among the Siberian Yukaghirs. 235 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. An ethnographic interpretation of the hunting life of the Yukaghirs, a little-known group of indigenous people in the Upper Kolyma region of northeastern Siberia. This book focuses on the practical implications of living in a "hall-of-mirrors" world - one inhabited by humans, animals, and spirits. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 16. Weight: 344.
This is an insightful, highly original ethnographic interpretation of the hunting life of the Yukaghirs, a little-known group of indigenous people in the Upper Kolyma region of northeastern Siberia. Basing his study on firsthand experience with Yukaghir hunters, Rane Willerslev focuses on the practical implications of living in a "hall-of-mirrors" world - one inhabited by humans, animals, and spirits, all of whom are understood to be endless mimetic doubles of one another. In this world, human beings inhabit a betwixt-and-between state in which their souls are both substance and nonsubstance, both body and soul, both their own individual selves and ... Read more
This is an insightful, highly original ethnographic interpretation of the hunting life of the Yukaghirs, a little-known group of indigenous people in the Upper Kolyma region of northeastern Siberia. Basing his study on firsthand experience with Yukaghir hunters, Rane Willerslev focuses on the practical implications of living in a "hall-of-mirrors" world - one inhabited by humans, animals, and spirits, all of whom are understood to be endless mimetic doubles of one another. In this world, human beings inhabit a betwixt-and-between state in which their souls are both substance and nonsubstance, both body and soul, both their own individual selves and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
235
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520252172
SKU
V9780520252172
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About Rane Willerslev
Rane Willerslev is Associate Professor in the Institute for Anthropology, Archaeology, and Linguistics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is also the author of Hunting and Trapping in Siberia (2000).
Reviews for Soul Hunters: Hunting, Animism, and Personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs
"Willerslev's engagements with phenomenology, perspectivism, and mimesis makes a valuable and timely contribution to contemporary debates on knowledge diversity."
Lesley Green Social Anthropology
Lesley Green Social Anthropology