This thinker explained why certain shamans may embody a "third class" of people that is neither male or female by citing an old tradition involving ritual sex change, and the fact that shamans are often celibate and wear costumes with both male and female components. Known for traveling with American colleague Henry Usher Hall, the last book by this anthropologist was a series of lectures entitled The Turks of Central Asia. Along with a native guide named Mitchika, this researcher traveled the Yenisei River, observing religion among the Tungusic people during World War
This thinker explained why certain shamans may embody a "third class" of people that is neither male or female by citing an old tradition involving ritual sex change, and the fact that shamans are often celibate and wear costumes with both male and female components. Known for traveling with American colleague Henry Usher Hall, the last book by this anthropologist was a series of lectures entitled The Turks of Central Asia. Along with a native guide named Mitchika, this researcher traveled the Yenisei River, observing religion among the Tungusic people during World War I. Known for the books My Siberian Year and Aboriginal Siberia, FTP, name this Polish lady who was a big rival of Bronislaw Malinowski.
This thinker explained why certain shamans may embody a "third class" of people that is neither male or female by citing an old tradition involving ritual sex change, and the fact that shamans are often celibate and wear costumes with both male and female components.
{Maria Czaplicka} [{correctly pronounced} “{chap}-{lich}-{ka}”, but accept any {plausible pronunciation}]