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Autore |
Whitehead Neil L |
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Titolo |
Dark shamans : kanaima and the poetics of violent death / / Neil L. Whitehead |
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Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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9786612920554 |
9780822384304 |
0822384302 |
9780822329886 |
0822329883 |
9781282920552 |
1282920553 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Collana |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection. |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ethnographic study of shamanism in lowland South America, analyzing the relations between the social, political, and historical dynamics of |
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