Warfare and shamanism in Amazonia
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Warfare and shamanism in Amazonia
(Cambridge Latin American studies, 96)
Cambridge University Press, 2014, c2012
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Inimigos fiéis : história, guerra e xamanismo na Amazônia
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Note
Translated from the Portuguese
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-327) and index
Original Portuguese ed. published: Brazil : University of São Paulo Press, 2001
"First published in English 2012"--T.p. verso
"First paperback edition 2014"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia is an ethnographic study of the Parakana, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, who inhabit the interfluvial region in the state of Para, Brazil. This book analyzes the relationship between warfare and shamanism in Parakana 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.
Table of Contents
- 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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