Dark shamans : kanaima and the poetics of violent death / / Neil L. Whitehead

• Autore: Whitehead Neil L
• Pubblicazione: Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 133.4/3/09811
• 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
• Soggetto geografico: Paramakatoi Region (Guyana) Rites and ceremonies
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index.
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ethnographic study of shamanism in lowland South America, analyzing the relations between the social, political, and historical dynamics of witchcraft and sorcery.
• Titolo abbreviato (Periodici): DARK SHAMANS: KANAIMA & THE POETICS OF VIOLENT DEATH; DARK SHAMANS
• Altri titoli varianti: Kanaimà and the poetics of violent death
• Titolo autorizzato: Dark shamans
• ISBN: 9786612920554; 9780822384304; 0822384302; 9780822329886; 0822329883; 9781282920552; 1282920553
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910969053203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: e-Duke books scholarly collection.