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James W. Fernandez

Author of Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens

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Works by James W. Fernandez

Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens (1972) — Contributor — 101 copies, 1 review

Beyond Metaphor: The Theory of Tropes in Anthropology (1991) — Editor — 26 copies

Persuasions and Performances: The Play of Tropes in Culture (A Midland Book) (1986) 22 copies

Culture Through Time: Anthropological Approaches (1991) — Contributor — 12 copies

Irony in Action: Anthropology, Practice, and the Moral Imagination (2001) 9 copies

Les Plantes psychédéliques et les Origines chamaniques de la religion (2000) 5 copies

On symbols in anthropology : essays in honor of Harry Hoijer, 1980 (1982) 3 copies

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Daedalus, Winter 1972: Myth, Symbol, and Culture (1974) — Contributor — 61 copies, 1 review

Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous (1995) — Introduction — 43 copies

Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research. No. 5 — Contributor — 1 copy

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La Chair des Dieux : L'usage rituel des psychédéliques by Peter T. Furst

> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Furst-La-Chair-des-Dieux--Lusage-rituel-des-psych...
> BAnQ (Dussault J.-C., La presse, 7 juin 1975, p 2) : https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2604509

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Works: 7
Also by: 3
Members: 178
Popularity: #120,888
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 15
Languages: 1

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