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Shabono

Florinda Donner (1982)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy

Age groupAdult 18+

Content ratingR

Pages (Standard (250-400))

Setting

CSM age18+

Goodreads3.86

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Content levels

ViolenceModerate

Sexual contentModerate

LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Colonialism Cultural Appropriation Violence

Positive tags

Self-Discovery Adventure Coming of Age

Heroine archetypes

Protagonist archetypes

Fish out of Water Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Fish out of Water Coming of Age Non-Western Setting Lost Civilization

Themes

Cultural Identity Assimilation Self-Discovery Colonialism Anthropology Primitivism Transformation

Synopsis

An anthropologist finds herself becoming totally immersed in the primitive Indian culture of the Iticoteri tribe who have adopted her.

Tags

Anthropological FictionLiterary FictionMemoir-StyleCultural Study