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The Occult Life of Things: Native Amazonian Theories of Materiality and Personhood Fernando Santos-Granero
The Occult Life of Things: Native Amazonian Theories of Materiality and Personhood
Fernando Santos-Granero
Combining linguistic, ethnological, and historical perspectives, ten scholars re-introduce objects to contemporary studies of animism in order to explore how various peoples envision the lives of material objects: the occult, or extraordinary, lives of ‘things’ whose personas are normally not visible to lay people.
288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 28, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780816530427 |
| Publishers | University of Arizona Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 153 × 21 mm · 474 g |
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