Tricksters and Trancers: Bushman Religion and Society

..". a first-rate piece of scholarship... an invaluable summary and commentary on the multilingual literature on [Bushman] people." --ChoiceThe trickster and trance dancer are the guides through Bushman (or San) religion, a world of ambiguity and contradiction, and of enchantment. The two figures, who in Bushman belief are symbolically equivalent and mystically linked, embody these antistructural traits.