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Dark shamans : kanaimà and the poetics of violent death /

Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whitehead, Neil L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2002.
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction I
  • 1. The Ethnographer's Tale
  • i 2. Tales of the Kanaima: Observers 41
  • 3. Tales of the Kanaima: Participants 88
  • 4. Shamanic Warfare 128
  • 5. Modernity, Development, and Kanaima Violence 174
  • 6. Ritual Violence and Magical Death in Amazonia 202
  • Conclusion: Anthropologies of Violence 245
  • Notes 253.