Shamanism in the Contemporary Novel

Özlem Ögüt Yazicioglu

doi:10.5771/9781498591164

Summary

Shamanism in the Contemporary Novel examines how shamanism is used as a significant trope in a selection of novels. Özlem Öğüt Yazıcıoğlu contends that the shamanic figures and societies featured in these works have been subjected to marginalization, dislocation, and dispossession through imperialist, colonialist, and capitalist encroachments in different historical contexts.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-9115-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-9116-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 176
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 22
1. Being With No access
2. If Confucius Hadn’t Said: No access
3. Why It Matters What We Can Afford to Each Other No access
1. Bodies and Souls No access
2. Resisting With Myths and Books in Water and Earth by Buket Uzuner No access
Conclusion No access Pages 151 - 158
References No access Pages 159 - 166
INDEX No access Pages 167 - 174
About the Author No access Pages 175 - 176