Dark shamans : kanaimà and the poetics of violent death

Author(s)

• Whitehead, Neil L.

Bibliographic Information

Dark shamans : kanaimà and the poetics of violent death

Neil L. Whitehead

Duke University Press, 2002

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index

• NCID: BA8100875X
• ISBN:
  • 0822329883
• LCCN: 2002003192
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Durham, N.C. ; London
• Pages/Volumes: 309 p., [4] leaves of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F2380.1.P3
  • DC21 : 299/.84
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Patamona Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
  • LCSH : Patamona Indians -- Death
  • LCSH : Macusi Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
  • LCSH : Macusi Indians -- Death
  • LCSH : Violent deaths -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region
  • LCSH : Shamanism -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region
  • LCSH : Witchcraft -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region
  • LCSH : Ritual abuse -- Guyana -- Paramakatoi Region
  • LCSH : Paramakatoi Region (Guyana) -- Rites and ceremonies