Dark shamans [electronic resource] : kanaima and the poetics of violent death / Neil L. Whitehead.

By: Whitehead, Neil LContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2002Description: 309 p. : ill. (some col.), mapsOther title: Kanaima and the poetics of violent deathSubject(s): Patamona Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Patamona Indians -- Death | Macusi Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Macusi Indians -- Death | Violent deaths -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region | Shamanism -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region | Witchcraft -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region | Ritual abuse -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region | Paramakatoi Region (Guyana) -- Rites and ceremoniesGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: F2380.1.P3 | W45 2002Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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