tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post6038269331857936131..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Santana's Shape Shifter albumRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-34914625667605293922012-06-20T10:52:59.479-07:002012-06-20T10:52:59.479-07:00Anon: "Shaman" also has such a dubious u...Anon: "Shaman" also has such a dubious usage with an Alpha Flight Native superhero.<br /><br />I never heard my friend the Odawa medicine woman use it, and in fact I only ever find the word used in "distant, ignorant, and generalizing" contexts such as the anthropologists you mention, and also new-agers.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-63977624769265525372012-06-19T17:59:45.963-07:002012-06-19T17:59:45.963-07:00Actually, anthropologists used the word shaman in ...Actually, anthropologists used the word shaman in a very specific context, to a regional area in what is now Russia. Popular culture has turned the word shaman into the snarl world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-68298451756087837952012-06-19T13:26:42.247-07:002012-06-19T13:26:42.247-07:00He previously had one called Shaman. Little does h...He previously had one called <i>Shaman</i>. Little does he (or most people, for that matter) know that "shaman" is a snarl word used by anthropologists with an "all primitives are the same" implication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com