Tricksters and Trancers: Bushman Religion and Society

. . . a first-rate piece of scholarship . . . an invaluable summary and commentary on the multilingual literature on [Bushman] people. --Choice

The trickster and trance dancer are the guides through Bushman (or San) religion, a world of ambiguity and contradiction, and of enchantment. The two figures, who in Bushman belief are symbolically equivalent and mystically linked, embody these antistructural traits.

Author: Mathias Guenther
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 11/22/1999
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780253213440

About the Author

Mathias Guenther, Professor of Sociology and anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, is the author of The Farm Bushmen of the Ghanzi District, Botswana; The Nharo Bushmen of Botswana: Tradition and Change; and Bushman Folktales: Oral Traditions of the Nharo of Botswana and the Xam of the Cape.