Author: Nathan Wachtel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226867641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one—not even his closest informant and friend—would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in Gods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya, reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. Presented as a personal detective story, Gods and Vampires is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. Its insight into Bolivian society and the legacy of hegemony confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropologyand will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and Native American studies.
Gods and Vampires
Author: Nathan Wachtel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226867632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one—not even his closest informant and friend—would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in Gods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya, reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. Presented as a personal detective story, Gods and Vampires is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. Its insight into Bolivian society and the legacy of hegemony confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropologyand will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and Native American studies.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226867632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one—not even his closest informant and friend—would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in Gods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya, reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. Presented as a personal detective story, Gods and Vampires is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. Its insight into Bolivian society and the legacy of hegemony confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropologyand will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and Native American studies.
When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami
Author: Kendare Blake
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1466882476
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami" is the story of when immortal teen goddess Athena is mistaken for a vampire by a desperate youth who refuses to leave her side until she turns him. This tale takes place in the world of the Goddess Wars series for young adults by award-winning author Kendare Blake. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1466882476
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami" is the story of when immortal teen goddess Athena is mistaken for a vampire by a desperate youth who refuses to leave her side until she turns him. This tale takes place in the world of the Goddess Wars series for young adults by award-winning author Kendare Blake. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
God's Ghostbusters
Author: Thomas Horn
Publisher: Anomalos Publishing
ISBN: 9780983621652
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Recently some 300 exorcists flocked to Poland for a week-long congress to examine the current fashion for vampirism the world-over and the apparent connection between this fascination and a surge in demonic possession. This comes as the world is experiencing an explosion of ancient occultism combined with wicked fascination for ghosts and all things paranormal. In the United States alone, there are now more than two hundred thousand registered witches and as many as 8 million unregistered practitioners of “the craft.” On college and high school campuses, vampires, werewolves, and other “creatures of the night” are esteemed as objects of desire and idolized by young men and women who view them as cult icons of envious mystical power. Church goers are enchanted by the darkness as well. An April 13, 2011 article “Mysticism Infecting Nazarene Beliefs” was preceded only a few days before by a Telegraph article describing how a “surge in Satanism” inside the church has sparked a “rise in demand for exorcists” within traditional religious settings.” Why is this happening now? God’s Ghostbusters provides shocking answers in this collaborative work by Gary Bates, Chuck Missler, Gary Stearman, Thomas Horn, Nita Horn, Russ Dizdar, Donna Howell, Derek Gilbert, Sharon Gilbert, Michael Hoggard, Noah Hutchings, Terry James, John McTernan, Jeff Patty, Fred DeRuvo, and Douglas Woodward.
Publisher: Anomalos Publishing
ISBN: 9780983621652
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Recently some 300 exorcists flocked to Poland for a week-long congress to examine the current fashion for vampirism the world-over and the apparent connection between this fascination and a surge in demonic possession. This comes as the world is experiencing an explosion of ancient occultism combined with wicked fascination for ghosts and all things paranormal. In the United States alone, there are now more than two hundred thousand registered witches and as many as 8 million unregistered practitioners of “the craft.” On college and high school campuses, vampires, werewolves, and other “creatures of the night” are esteemed as objects of desire and idolized by young men and women who view them as cult icons of envious mystical power. Church goers are enchanted by the darkness as well. An April 13, 2011 article “Mysticism Infecting Nazarene Beliefs” was preceded only a few days before by a Telegraph article describing how a “surge in Satanism” inside the church has sparked a “rise in demand for exorcists” within traditional religious settings.” Why is this happening now? God’s Ghostbusters provides shocking answers in this collaborative work by Gary Bates, Chuck Missler, Gary Stearman, Thomas Horn, Nita Horn, Russ Dizdar, Donna Howell, Derek Gilbert, Sharon Gilbert, Michael Hoggard, Noah Hutchings, Terry James, John McTernan, Jeff Patty, Fred DeRuvo, and Douglas Woodward.
Gothicka
Author: Victoria Nelson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674069609
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Gothic, Romanticism's gritty older sibling, has flourished in myriad permutations since the eighteenth century. In Gothicka, Victoria Nelson identifies the revolutionary turn it has taken in the twenty-first. Today's Gothic has fashioned its monsters into heroes and its devils into angels. It is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture, not as an evil dimension divorced from ordinary human existence but as part of our daily lives. To explain this millennial shift away from the traditionally dark Protestant post-Enlightenment Gothic, Nelson studies the complex arena of contemporary Gothic subgenres that take the form of novels, films, and graphic novels. She considers the work of Dan Brown and Stephenie Meyer, graphic novelists Mike Mignola and Garth Ennis, Christian writer William P. Young (author of The Shack), and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. She considers twentieth-century Gothic masters H. P. Lovecraft, Anne Rice, and Stephen King in light of both their immediate ancestors in the eighteenth century and the original Gothic-the late medieval period from which Horace Walpole and his successors drew their inspiration. Fictions such as the Twilight and Left Behind series do more than follow the conventions of the classic Gothic novel. They are radically reviving and reinventing the transcendental worldview that informed the West's premodern era. As Jesus becomes mortal in The Da Vinci Code and the child Ofelia becomes a goddess in Pan's Labyrinth, Nelson argues that this unprecedented mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674069609
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Gothic, Romanticism's gritty older sibling, has flourished in myriad permutations since the eighteenth century. In Gothicka, Victoria Nelson identifies the revolutionary turn it has taken in the twenty-first. Today's Gothic has fashioned its monsters into heroes and its devils into angels. It is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture, not as an evil dimension divorced from ordinary human existence but as part of our daily lives. To explain this millennial shift away from the traditionally dark Protestant post-Enlightenment Gothic, Nelson studies the complex arena of contemporary Gothic subgenres that take the form of novels, films, and graphic novels. She considers the work of Dan Brown and Stephenie Meyer, graphic novelists Mike Mignola and Garth Ennis, Christian writer William P. Young (author of The Shack), and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. She considers twentieth-century Gothic masters H. P. Lovecraft, Anne Rice, and Stephen King in light of both their immediate ancestors in the eighteenth century and the original Gothic-the late medieval period from which Horace Walpole and his successors drew their inspiration. Fictions such as the Twilight and Left Behind series do more than follow the conventions of the classic Gothic novel. They are radically reviving and reinventing the transcendental worldview that informed the West's premodern era. As Jesus becomes mortal in The Da Vinci Code and the child Ofelia becomes a goddess in Pan's Labyrinth, Nelson argues that this unprecedented mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.
Vampires Or Gods?
Author: William Meyers
Publisher: III Pub
ISBN: 9780962293757
Category : Gods
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Vampires living thousands of years, commanding legions of human worshippers. The stuff of horror novels? No--these vampires are right out of ancient history books: Osiris, Cybele, Dionysus, Hercules, Quetzalcoatl, Krishna and more.
Publisher: III Pub
ISBN: 9780962293757
Category : Gods
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Vampires living thousands of years, commanding legions of human worshippers. The stuff of horror novels? No--these vampires are right out of ancient history books: Osiris, Cybele, Dionysus, Hercules, Quetzalcoatl, Krishna and more.
Pirate Academy
Author: Eva Pohler
Publisher: Green Press/Eva Pohler
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Sometimes it's hard to distinguish between love and hate. After learning the truth behind the vampire pirates swarming the Mediterranean Sea, the young gods and demigods join forces with the vampires in the fight against corruption. But first, they must learn to be pirates. According to one of their leaders, Delphine, it's a dangerous art form that any can learn but not all can survive. Delphine also says there's no room for both love and war. And there's a war going on. Yet, the heart wants what the heart wants. If you like enemies-to-lovers romance and heart-breaking love triangles combined with fast-paced, high-stakes action, then this series is for you. For lovers of Greek mythology, paranormal romance, vampire romance, pirate romance, and action adventure stories. Grab your copy to continue the exciting adventure today! Related Authors: C. Gockel, Anthea Sharp, Susan Kaye Quinn, Cassandra Clare, Chanda Hahn, Quinn Loftis, Kim Richardson, S.T. Bende, Karen Lynch, Kimberly Loth, Richelle Mead, M. Lynn, Allie Burton, Ashley McLeo, Frost Kay, Cameo Renea, Elise Kova, Nicole Zoltack, A.L. Knorr, Kay L. Moody, Melissa Craven, Laura Thalassa, Rose Garcia, Holly Hook, Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison, Raye Wagner, Elisa S. Amore, Stephenie Meyer, Tracy Wolff, J.L. Weil, P.C. Cast, L.J. Smith, Search Terms: Greek mythology romance, young adult romance, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, vampires, vampire romance, enemies to lovers romance, pirates, pirate romance, Greek gods and goddesses, demigods, demigods romance, mythology romance, myth retelling, sea adventure, mythological beasts, gods and monsters, sword and sorcery, magic, clean romance, young adult fiction, young adult fantasy, teen fiction, and teen books.
Publisher: Green Press/Eva Pohler
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Sometimes it's hard to distinguish between love and hate. After learning the truth behind the vampire pirates swarming the Mediterranean Sea, the young gods and demigods join forces with the vampires in the fight against corruption. But first, they must learn to be pirates. According to one of their leaders, Delphine, it's a dangerous art form that any can learn but not all can survive. Delphine also says there's no room for both love and war. And there's a war going on. Yet, the heart wants what the heart wants. If you like enemies-to-lovers romance and heart-breaking love triangles combined with fast-paced, high-stakes action, then this series is for you. For lovers of Greek mythology, paranormal romance, vampire romance, pirate romance, and action adventure stories. Grab your copy to continue the exciting adventure today! Related Authors: C. Gockel, Anthea Sharp, Susan Kaye Quinn, Cassandra Clare, Chanda Hahn, Quinn Loftis, Kim Richardson, S.T. Bende, Karen Lynch, Kimberly Loth, Richelle Mead, M. Lynn, Allie Burton, Ashley McLeo, Frost Kay, Cameo Renea, Elise Kova, Nicole Zoltack, A.L. Knorr, Kay L. Moody, Melissa Craven, Laura Thalassa, Rose Garcia, Holly Hook, Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison, Raye Wagner, Elisa S. Amore, Stephenie Meyer, Tracy Wolff, J.L. Weil, P.C. Cast, L.J. Smith, Search Terms: Greek mythology romance, young adult romance, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, vampires, vampire romance, enemies to lovers romance, pirates, pirate romance, Greek gods and goddesses, demigods, demigods romance, mythology romance, myth retelling, sea adventure, mythological beasts, gods and monsters, sword and sorcery, magic, clean romance, young adult fiction, young adult fantasy, teen fiction, and teen books.
Shifter God
Author: Meg Xuemei X
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A wild band of smoking-hot shifters rescue me from the hunters. I want to be grateful, but they turn out to be jerks as well, especially Jared, the Prince Heir and apparently my fated mate. He's chosen another. Even worse? He claims I'm a spy and drags me to Shifter City. After dumping me at a military academy for shifters, he thinks he can forget about me. Only he underestimates his hot and heavy lust for me. So I listen to his sweet, vicious lies and let him act on his urges. Afterwards, he goes back to his powerful girlfriend, who wants me dead more than the air she breathes. When I try to escape, Jared unleashes his rage against me and locks me up. But there's something he doesn't know. A formidable Vampire God is hunting for his destined Bride. Me. * Shifter God is the first book in this spicy wolf shifter and dark monster romance trilogy. If you like enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, obsessive and hot monsters, and tough, sassy heroine, you'll enjoy this book.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A wild band of smoking-hot shifters rescue me from the hunters. I want to be grateful, but they turn out to be jerks as well, especially Jared, the Prince Heir and apparently my fated mate. He's chosen another. Even worse? He claims I'm a spy and drags me to Shifter City. After dumping me at a military academy for shifters, he thinks he can forget about me. Only he underestimates his hot and heavy lust for me. So I listen to his sweet, vicious lies and let him act on his urges. Afterwards, he goes back to his powerful girlfriend, who wants me dead more than the air she breathes. When I try to escape, Jared unleashes his rage against me and locks me up. But there's something he doesn't know. A formidable Vampire God is hunting for his destined Bride. Me. * Shifter God is the first book in this spicy wolf shifter and dark monster romance trilogy. If you like enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, obsessive and hot monsters, and tough, sassy heroine, you'll enjoy this book.
Gods and Vampires
Author: Nathan Wachtel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226867641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one—not even his closest informant and friend—would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in Gods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya, reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. Presented as a personal detective story, Gods and Vampires is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. Its insight into Bolivian society and the legacy of hegemony confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropologyand will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and Native American studies.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226867641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one—not even his closest informant and friend—would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in Gods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya, reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. Presented as a personal detective story, Gods and Vampires is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. Its insight into Bolivian society and the legacy of hegemony confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropologyand will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and Native American studies.
Dracula Sucks Hollywood Dudes
Author: Tim Desmondes
Publisher: The Nazca Plains Corporation
ISBN: 1934625663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Tim Axelrod comes home from college to Hollywood for Spring Break. His good friend (and lover) Karl invites him to experience sex like few mortals ever get to enjoy ndash; Sex with a vampire. Yes, Hollywood is infested with vampires ready to show a college boy one heck of a time. Once you've been fanged and shagged by a Hollywood vampire, you will never return to unimaginative, commonplace sex again. But, oh, yes. There's a little price to pay for the pleasure. You become UNDEAD as a result. Come step into the world of vampire sex. There's nothing like sex with fangs in your jugular. It is all told in Dracula Sucks Hollywood Dudes.
Publisher: The Nazca Plains Corporation
ISBN: 1934625663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Tim Axelrod comes home from college to Hollywood for Spring Break. His good friend (and lover) Karl invites him to experience sex like few mortals ever get to enjoy ndash; Sex with a vampire. Yes, Hollywood is infested with vampires ready to show a college boy one heck of a time. Once you've been fanged and shagged by a Hollywood vampire, you will never return to unimaginative, commonplace sex again. But, oh, yes. There's a little price to pay for the pleasure. You become UNDEAD as a result. Come step into the world of vampire sex. There's nothing like sex with fangs in your jugular. It is all told in Dracula Sucks Hollywood Dudes.
House of Vampires 5
Author: Samantha Snow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The fun continues in another EPIC saga. Secure your copy now! Lorena awakens in the Fae Court, with only one clear memory; that she is engaged to the Prince of Shadows. While she struggles to remember her past, Lorena must navigate the Seven Courts while people try to steal her fiance, challenge her to duels, and outright assassinate her. Can she survive long enough to piece together the puzzle of her life? Scroll back up and one click yours asap!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The fun continues in another EPIC saga. Secure your copy now! Lorena awakens in the Fae Court, with only one clear memory; that she is engaged to the Prince of Shadows. While she struggles to remember her past, Lorena must navigate the Seven Courts while people try to steal her fiance, challenge her to duels, and outright assassinate her. Can she survive long enough to piece together the puzzle of her life? Scroll back up and one click yours asap!