Introduction: The gendered realm of the foye tree
The ambiguous powers of machi : illness, awingkamiento, and the modernization of witchcraft
Gendered rituals for cosmic order : shamanic struggles for wholeness
Ritual gendered relationships : kinship, marriage, mastery, and machi modes of personhood
The struggle for Machi masculinity : colonial politics of gender, sexuality, and power
Machi as gendered symbols of tradition : national discourses and Mapuche resistance movements
The responses of male machi to homophobia : reinvention as priests, doctors, and spiritual warriors
Female machi : embodying tradition or contesting gender norms?
Representing the gendered identities of machi : paradoxes and conflicts.