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Warfare and shamanism in Amazonia [electronic resource] / Carlos Fausto.

By: Series: Cambridge Latin American studies ; 96.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 347 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9781139337052 (electronic bk.)
  • 113933705X (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Warfare and shamanism in Amazonia.DDC classification:
  • 299/.8911 23
LOC classification:
  • F2520.1.P38 F39 2012eb
Other classification:
  • SOC002010
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

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