Cosmos, self and history in Baniwa religion : for those unborn - Wright, Robin (Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998)
Part I : Cosmogony, cosmology and chamanism -- 1. Cosmogony : perspective on the beginning and its legacy -- 2. Guardians of the cosmos -- Part II : creation of self and other in myth and history -- 3. Indians and whites in Baniwa history -- 4. Music of the ancestors -- Part III : death and eschatology -- 5. The time of death -- 6. Spiritualities of death and birth -- Part IV : When the missions came -- 7. From rubber to the gospel -- 8. Deo iako : the creation of a new generation of believers -- Conclusion.
Bibliogr., index.
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