Dance of the Dolphin: Transformation and Disenchantment in the Amazonian Imagination by Candace Slater

Dance of the Dolphin: Transformation and Disenchantment in the Amazonian Imagination

Candace Slater

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nonfiction history sociology reflective medium-paced
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In folktales told throughout much of the Brazilian Amazon, dolphins take human form, attend raucous dances and festivals, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. They are encantados, or Enchanted Beings, capable of p...

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