Shamanhood and Art: Traditional and Contemporary Arts, Artists, and Shamans By Denita M Benyshek, PhD MA MFA BFA

https://www.academia.edu/11569647/Shamanhood_and_Art_Traditional_and_Contemporary_Arts_Artists_and_Shamans?nav_from=917e9afe-2a88-4b2a-855d-f442af2b5332 Contents (chapters and authors): The shamanic-ecstatic hypothesis for the Alpine rock art of Valcomonica, Umberto Sansoni. Sensuous visions: Encountering the shamanistic rock art of the Bayan Jurek Mountains, Kazakhstan, Kenneth Lymer. Depictions in Sami rock art of the Mother Earth figure, Inga-Maria Mulk. Argimpasa - Scythia goddess, patroness of shamans, Zaur Hasanov. The bear and the plough: Shamanism in the Neolithic, Giovanni Kezich. From shamanic rituals to theatre and cultural industry: The state, shamanism and gender among the Kavalan (Taiwan), Pi-Chen Liu. Mongolian shamanism envisaged, embodied, Eva Jane Neumann Fridman. Women shamans and their portrayal in the Olonkho Sakha epic poems, Lia Zola. The poetics of healing: Shamanic rituals in Central Nepal, Dagmar Eigner. Inadvertent art. Icons, music and dance in Chepang (Nepal) and Semang-Negrito (Peninsular Malaysia) shamanism, Diana Riboli. Artistic expressions of the visual language on Sami ritual drums, Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja. The ritual art and paraphernalia of the Nepalese jhankris and Tamang bombo, Vesa Matteo Piludu. Artists as shamans: Historical review and recent theoretical model, Denita Benyshek. Perspectives on the arts of Parbati, Barbara Wilhelmi. Shamanic artistry in a French Absurdist play, Daniel A. Kister. The shamanic works of Minsalim Timergazeev and other artists of the First International Woodcarving Festival of Uvat, Carla Corradi Musi. Norval Morrisseau - Shaman-Artist, Jurgen Werner Kremer. The hand on the wall of the cave. Exploring connections between shamanism and the visual arts, Susan Michaelson. Artist as shaman, Gilah Yelin Hirsch. Edited by Elvira Eevr Djaltchinova-Malec. Published by Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, Polish Institute of World Art Studies, Warsaw, and Tako Publishing House, Toruń, Poland. This book can be ordered by mail: Polish Institute of World Art Studies: biuro@world-art.pl Tako Publishing House: tako@tako.biz.pl