Dark Shamans: Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death / Neil L. Whitehead
2002, 1st Edition. Durham: Duke University Press. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #353963
ISBN: 0822329883
Physical description: 310 pages, illustrations, plates. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Ethnographer’s Tale -- 2. Tales of the Kanaimà: Observers -- 3. Tales of the Kanaimà: Participants -- 4. Shamanic Warfare -- 5. Modernity, Development, and Kanaimà Violence -- 6. Ritual Violence and Magical Death in Amazonia -- Conclusion: Anthropologies of Violence -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. Subjects: Ritual abuse Guyana Paramakatoi Region. Shamanism Guyana Paramakatoi Region. Ritual abuse.
Shamanism. Violent deaths. Witchcraft. Patamona Indians Rites and ceremonies. Patamona Indians Death.
Price: €30.00