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Dark shamans : kanaima and the poetics of violent death / / Neil L. Whitehead
| Dark shamans : kanaima and the poetics of violent death / / Neil L. Whitehead |
| Autore | Whitehead Neil L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/3/09811 |
| Collana | e-Duke books scholarly collection |
| Soggetto topico |
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 |
| ISBN |
9786612920554
9780822384304 0822384302 9780822329886 0822329883 9781282920552 1282920553 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Kanaimà and the poetics of violent death |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910969053203321 |
Whitehead Neil L
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| Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In Darkness and Secrecy [[electronic resource] ] : The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia
| In Darkness and Secrecy [[electronic resource] ] : The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia |
| Autore | Whitehead Neil L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/3/09811 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WrightRobin
WilbertJohannes VidalSilvia M |
| Collana | e-Duke books scholarly collection |
| Soggetto topico |
Social Sciences
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences |
| ISBN |
1-282-92055-3
9786612920554 0-8223-8583-X 0-8223-8430-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction: Dark Shamanism, 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 & 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 Río Negro Region, Brazil, Dominique Buchillet
The Glorious Tyranny of Silence and the Resonance of Shamanic Breath, George MentoreA Blend of Blood and Tobacco: Shamans and Jaguars among the Parakanã of Eastern Amazonia, Carlos Fausto; The Wars Within: Xinguano Witchcraft and Balance of Power, Michael Heckenberger; Siblings and Sorcerers: The Paradox of Kinship among the Kulina, Donald Pollock; Being Alone amid Others: Sorcery and Morality among the Arara, Carib, Brazil, Márnio 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-GraneroCommentary, E. Jean Langdon; Afterword: Substances, Powers, Cosmos, and History, Andrew Strathern & Pamela J. Stewart; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777994703321 |
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Whitehead Neil L
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| Durham, : Duke University Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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