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Going Native or Going Naive?: White Shamanism and the Neo-Noble Savage

Going Native or Going Naive?: White Shamanism and the Neo-Noble Savage


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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.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Prologue Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Part I: White Shamanism; New Age Goes Native Chapter 5 Part II: No Pain- The Instant Enlightenment Factor; No Sides- On Neutral Ground; Being Chosen- The Elitist Group; New Age Eclecticism- The 'Trinketized' Indian; New Age Environmentalism- The Red (Wo)Man Goes Green; Female Shamanism- The Powerful Wom Chapter 6 Epilogue Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 Index

About the Author :
Dagmar Wernitznig is lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.

Review :
...this slim volume includes sharp observations and scathing clarities about white imperialism... Strongly recommended for New Age Studies, Religion/Spirituality Studies, and Native American Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists, 'Going Native or Going Naïve?' is a meticulous and thoughtful dissection of motives, beliefs, andimpact. Strongly recommended for New Age Studies, Religion/Spirituality Studies, and Native American Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists, 'Going Native or Going Naïve?' is a meticulous and thoughtful dissection of motives, beliefs, and impact. ...this slim volume includes sharp observations and scathing clarities about white imperialism...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780761824954
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 146
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 191 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0761824952
  • Publisher Date: 22 Feb 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: White Shamanism and the Neo-Noble Savage
  • Width: 135 mm


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