Definition
Caboclo (mestizo) shamanism or rural shamanism is originally an indigenous form of worship, but it is practiced mainly in rural areas of Brazilian Amazonia by nonindigenous populations, and has been studied by folklorists, historians, anthropologists, and other scholars. It is presented as a therapeutic practice that is integrated into a broader system of various forms of what is called popular medicine, comprising a global medical system into which most of the rural or rurally originated populations in Brazilian Amazonia are integrated but also present in the Pan Amazonian territory that includes regions of several countries bordering Brazil. In recent years urban shamanism has developed, albeit the latter is not presented in detail here.
Introduction
This entry is limited to the territory referred to as the Salgado region, which is part of the northeast coast of the state of Pará, in Brazilian Amazonia. The bibliography results from several studies carried out in other...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Ayres L, de Magalhães D (1992) The social category Caboclo: history, identity and outsider’s social classification of a rural population of the Amazon Middle Solimões River. Doctorate Dissertation in Anthropology. University of Cambridge
Cravalho M (1993) An invisible universe of evil: supernatural malevolence and personal experience universe of evil: supernatural malevolence and personal experience among Amazon peasants. Doctorate Dissertation in Antropology. University of California, San Diego
Eliade M (1951) Le Chamanisme et les Techniques Archaiques de l’Extase. Payot, Paris
de Figueiredo AM (1996) A cidade dos encantados: Pajelança, feitiçarias e religiões afro-brasileiras na Amazônia. A constituição de um campo de estudo, 1870–1950. Master’s Dissertation in History. UNICAMP, Campinas
Galvão E (1955) Santos e Visagens, um estudo da vida religiosa de Itá, Amazonas. Coleção Brasiliana, 284. Nacional, São Paulo
Lima Z (1997) O Mundo Místico dos Caruanas e a Revolta de sua Ave, 4th edn. CEJUP, Belém
Lima DM (1999) A construção histórica do termo caboclo. Sobre estruturas e representações sociais no meio rural amazônico. Novos Cadernos do NAEA, Belém: UFPA 2(2):5–32
Lima DdM (n.d.) “The roça legacy”: land use and kinship dynamics in Nogueira, an Amazonian Community of the Middle Solimões Region. In: Nugent S, Harris M (eds) Some other Amazonians: perspectives on modern Amazonia. Institute for the Study of the Americas, London, pp 12–36
Mariz CL (1997) O demônio e os pentecostais no Brasil. In: Birman P, Novaes R, Crespo ES (eds) O Mal à Brasileira. EDUERJ, Rio de Janeiro, pp 45–61
Maués RH (1977) A Ilha Encantada: medicina e xamanismo numa comunidade de Pescadores. Dissertação de mestrado. Universidade de Brasília
Maués R (1999) Heraldo. Uma Outra “Invenção” da Amazônia: religiões, histórias, identidades. Belém, CEJUP
Maués RH (2001) Xamanismo e Renovação carismática Católica (RCC) em uma povoação do litoral da Amazônia Brasileira. Comunicação apresentada nas ????? Alternativas Religiosas na América Latina – Santiago do Chile, de 03 a 05 de outubro de
Maués RH (2005) Técnicas corporais de cura espiritual: semelhanças, diferenças, significados. Estudo apresentado no GT “Religiões e Percursos de Saúde no Brasil de Hoje: as ‘Curas Espirituais’”, XII Encontro de Ciências Sociais Norte Nordeste, Belém, 17 a 20 de abril de. See summary at http://www.ufpa.br/ciso/gts/gt17.pdf. Accessed 15 Nov 2017
Maués RH, Villacorta GM (2001) Pajelança e encantaria amazônica. In: Prandi R (ed) Encantaria Brasileira: Encantaria Brasileira: O livro dos mestres, caboclos e encantados. Pallas, Rio de Janeiro, pp 11–58
Mauss M (1974) Ensaio sobre a dádiva: forma e razão da troca nas sociedades arcaicas. In: Sociologia e Antropologia, vol II. EPU/EDUSP, São Paulo
Nugent S, Harris M (2004) Some other Amazonians: perspectives on modern Amazonians. Institute for the Study of the Americas/Brookings Institute
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this entry
Cite this entry
Maués, R.H. (2019). Caboclo Shamanism. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Religions of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_543
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_543
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-27077-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-27078-4
eBook Packages: Religion and PhilosophyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Humanities