Whitehead, Neil L. <br/><br/>
Dark shamans  kanaima and the poetics of violent death /  [electronic resource] : 
 Kanaima and the poetics of violent death 
Neil L. Whitehead. 
 - Durham, N.C. :  Duke University Press,  2002. 
 - 309 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps. 
 - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822384304 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Patamona Indians--Rites and ceremonies.<br/>Patamona Indians--Death.<br/>Macusi Indians--Rites and ceremonies.<br/>Macusi Indians--Death.<br/>Violent deaths--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.<br/>Shamanism--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.<br/>Witchcraft--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.<br/>Ritual abuse--Guyana--Paramakatoi Region.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Paramakatoi Region (Guyana)--Rites and ceremonies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F2380.1.P3  / W45 2002