TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fausto,Carlos
TI  - Warfare and shamanism in Amazonia
T2  - Cambridge Latin American studies
SN  - 9781139337052 (electronic bk.)
AV  - F2520.1.P38 F39 2012eb
U1  - 299/.8911 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Parakanã Indians
KW  - Warfare
KW  - Religion
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Shamanism
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Pará (State)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal
KW  - Pará (Brazil : State)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: 1. The matter of time; 2. Images of abundance and scarcity; 3. Forms through history; 4. Why war?; 5. The master and the pet; 6. Death producing life; 7. Gods, axes, and jaguars
N2  - "Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia is an ethnographic study of the Parakanã, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, who inhabit the interfluvial region in the state of Pará, Brazil. This book analyzes the relationship between warfare and shamanism in Parakanã society from the late nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. Based on the author's extensive fieldwork, the book presents first-hand ethnographic data collected among a generation still deeply involved in conflicts. The result is an innovative work with a broad thematic and comparative scope"--
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