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Title Dark shamans [electronic resource] : 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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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	309 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
Series	e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index.
Contents	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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title	Kanaima and the poetics of violent death
ISBN	9780822384304
	0822384302
	0822329522 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780822329527 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0822329883 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780822329886 (pbk. : alk. paper)