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Tricksters and Trancers

Bushman Religion and Society

by (author) Mathias Guenther

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Initial publish date
Nov 1999
Category
General, Cultural
  • 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.