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Dark shamans : kanaima and the poetics of violent death / Neil L. Whitehead.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitehead, Neil L.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patamona Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Patamona Indians.
- Patamona Indians--Death.
- Macusi Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Macusi Indians.
- Macusi Indians--Death.
- Violent deaths--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.
- Violent deaths.
- Shamanism--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.
- Shamanism.
- Witchcraft--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.
- Witchcraft.
- Ritual abuse--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.
- Ritual abuse.
- Paramakatoi Region (Guyana)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Paramakatoi Region (Guyana).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Other Title:
- Kanaimà and the poetics of violent death
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ethnographic study of shamanism in lowland South America, analyzing the relations between the social, political, and historical dynamics of witchcraft and sorcery.
- Contents:
- 1. The Ethnographer's Tale
- 2. Tales of the Kanaima: Observers
- 3. Tales of the Kanaima: Participants
- 4. Shamanic Warfare
- 5. Modernity, Development, and Kanaima Violence
- 6. Ritual Violence and Magical Death in Amazonia
- Conclusion: Anthropologies of Violence.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-8223-8430-2
- 0-8223-2988-3
- 1-282-92055-3
- 9786612920554
- OCLC:
- 1350413159
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