Going Native Or Going Naive?: White Shamanism and the Neo-noble SavageUniversity Press of America, 2003 - 103 Seiten Going Native or Going Naïve? is a critical analysis of an esoteric-Indian movement, called white shamanism. This movement, originating from the 1980's New Age boom, redefines the phenomenon of playing Indian. For white shamans and their followers, Indianness turns into a signifier for cultural cloning. By generating a neo-primitivistic bias, white shamanism utilizes esoteric reconceptualizations of ethnicity and identity. In Going Native or Going Naïve?, a retrospective view on psychohistorical and sociopolitical implications of Indianness and (ig)noble savage metaphors should clarify the prefix neo within postmodern adaptations of primitivism. The appropriation of an Indian simulacrum by white shamans as well as white shamanic disciplines connotes a subtle, yet hazardous form of ethnocentrism. Transcending mere market trends and profit margins, white shamanism epitomizes synthetic/cybernetic acculturations. Through investigating the white shamanic matrix, Going Native or Going Naïve? is intended to make these synthesizing processes more transparent. |
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... give offense to any of her disciples . Michael Bromley is particularly eager to pack his Spirit Stones with information about ' traditional Indian life . ' He provides numerous pictures about Indian regalia and boosts his writing with ...
... give offense to any of her disciples . Michael Bromley is particularly eager to pack his Spirit Stones with information about ' traditional Indian life . ' He provides numerous pictures about Indian regalia and boosts his writing with ...
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... give you direction . " 4 - These magic stones , actually , are very obvious merchandizing products . At a closer look , they do not even turn out to be real stones , but some sort of plastic stone replica . These synthetic stones seem ...
... give you direction . " 4 - These magic stones , actually , are very obvious merchandizing products . At a closer look , they do not even turn out to be real stones , but some sort of plastic stone replica . These synthetic stones seem ...
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... give away New Agean perception of Indians as either ' house slaves ' or ' field slaves ' ( the house Indians also being ridiculed as ' Uncle Tomahawks ' in Native American circles ) , serving upon white seekers of wisdom . Mails ...
... give away New Agean perception of Indians as either ' house slaves ' or ' field slaves ' ( the house Indians also being ridiculed as ' Uncle Tomahawks ' in Native American circles ) , serving upon white seekers of wisdom . Mails ...
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Going Native Or Going Naive?: White Shamanism and the Neo-noble Savage Dagmar Wernitznig Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2003 |
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