Tricksters and Trancers
Bushman Religion and Society
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 1999
- Category
- General, Cultural
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780253213440
- Publish Date
- Nov 1999
- List Price
- $32.00
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Description
" . . . 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.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Mathias Guenther, Professor of Sociology and anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, is the author of The Farm Bushmen of the Ghanzi District, Botswana; The Nharo Bushmen of Botswana: Tradition and Change; and Bushman Folktales :Oral Traditions of the Nharo of Botswana and the Xam of the Cape.