Dark Shamans Kanaimï¿½ and the Poetics of Violent Death

Name: Dark Shamans Kanaimï¿½ and the Poetics of Violent Death
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ISBN: 9780822329886

ISBN-10: 0822329883

ISBN-13: 9780822329886

Edition: 2002

Authors: Neil L. Whitehead

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At once a memoir of cultural encounter and an ethnographic and historical investigation, this book offers a sustained, intimate look at 'Kanaima', its practitioners, their victims, and the reasons they give for their actions.

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10/7/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.42" wide x 8.90" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Ethnographer's Tale



Tales of the Kanaima: Observers



Tales of the Kanaima: Participants



Shamanic Warfare



Modernity, Development, and Kanaima Violence



Ritual Violence and Magical Death in Amazonia


Conclusion: Anthropologies of Violence


Notes


Works Cited


Index