the anthropology of assault sorcery and witchcraft in Amazonia Whitehead, Neil L. Wright, Robin 1950- ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. ncu Durham, NC Duke University Press 2004 monographic eng

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327 p. : ill. The anthropology of assault sorcery and witchcraft / Neil L. Whitehead and Robin Wright -- The order of dark shamans among the Warao / Johannes Wilbert -- Dark shamans and the shamanic state : sorcery and witchcraft as political process in Guyana and the Venezuelan Amazon / Silvia Vidal and Neil L. Whitehead -- The wicked and the wise men : witches and prophets in the history of the Northwest Amazon / Robin Wright -- Sorcery beliefs, transmission of shamanic knowledge, and therapeutic practice among the Desana of the Upper Rio Negro Region, Brazil / Dominique Buchillet -- The glorious tyranny of silence and the resonance of shamanic breath / George Mentore -- A blend of blood and tobacco : shamans and jaguars among the Parakan of Eastern Amazonia / Carlos Fausto -- The wars within Xinguano witchcraft and the balance of power / Michael Heckenberger -- Siblings and sorcerers : the paradox of kinship among the Kulina / Don Pollock -- Being alone amid others : sorcery and morality amongst the Arara, Carib, Brazil / Nio Teixeira Pinto -- Sorcery and shamanism in Cashinahua discourse and praxis, Purus River, Brazil / Elsje Lagrou -- The enemy within : child sorcery, revolution, and the evils of modernization in Eastern Peru / Fernando Santos-Granero. edited by Neil L. Whitehead and Robin Wright. Includes bibliographical references and index. Witchcraft Amazon River Region Magic Amazon River Region BF1566 .I5 2004 9780822385837 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1168020 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1168020 MiAaPQ 080318 20250821124651.0 EBC1168020 eng