Dark shamans : kanaimà and the poetics of violent death /

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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.
Subjects:
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.
Patamona > Rites et cérémonies.
Patamona > Mort.
Macusi > Rites et cérémonies.
Macusi > Mort.
Chamanisme > Guyana > Paramakatoi, Région de.
Sorcellerie > Guyana > Paramakatoi, Région de.
Violence rituelle > Guyana > Paramakatoi, Région de.
Morts violentes > Guyana > Paramakatoi, Région de.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Rites and ceremonies
Ritual abuse
Shamanism
Violent deaths
Witchcraft
Menschenopfer
Schamanismus
Sjamanisme.
Moorden.
Indianen.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Latin America.
History & Archaeology.
Paramakatoi (Guyana) > Rites and ceremonies.
Paramakatoi, Région de (Guyana) > Rites and ceremonies.
Guyana > Paramakatoi
Guyana
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.

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