Dark shamans [electronic resource] : kanaima and the poetics of violent death / Neil L. Whitehead.
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TextSeries: e-Duke books scholarly collectionPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2002.Description: 309 p. : ill. (some col.), mapsISBN: - 9780822384304
- Kanaima and the poetics of violent death
- 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 ceremonies
- F2380.1.P3 W45 2002
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, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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