Book review about: Flechas invisibles. La agresión mágica entre las sociedades indígenas de la Araucanía, Pampas y Norpatagonia (siglos XVI-XIX), by Joaquín García Insausti (2021)

  • Lauro Ezequiel Rodríguez Programa de Estudios Arqueológicos, Programa de Investigaciones Arqueológicas, Instituto de Investigaciones de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA)
Keywords: Araucanía Pampas and Norpatagonia, magical aggression, kalkatun, 16th to 19th centuries

Abstract

This work by García Insausti, a doctor in History from the Universidad Nacional del Sur (Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina), introduces us, over nine chapters, to a topic that addresses part of the worldview of the ancient indigenous societies of the Araucanía, Pampas, and Northern Patagonia regions and which has been little studied until now. The author focuses his research on beliefs about magical aggression, or kalkatun, that existed among these populations. Drawing on a diverse set of sources recorded between the 16th and 19th centuries, he provides an in-depth analysis of both the beliefs and the social dynamics related to this magical practice.

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Published
2022-06-27
How to Cite
Rodríguez, L. E. (2022). Book review about: Flechas invisibles. La agresión mágica entre las sociedades indígenas de la Araucanía, Pampas y Norpatagonia (siglos XVI-XIX), by Joaquín García Insausti (2021). Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 30(1), 130-130. https://doi.org/10.34096/mace.v30i1.11351
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