ISBN:
9781107020061
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 347 p
,
ill., maps
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Cambridge Latin American studies 96
DDC:
299/.8911
Keywords:
Parakanã Indians Warfare
;
Parakanã Indians Religion
;
Parakanã Indians Rites and ceremonies
;
Shamanism
;
Pará (Brazil : State) Religious life and customs
;
Pará (Brazil : State) Social life and customs
;
Pará
;
Indianer
;
Schamanismus
;
Bewaffneter Konflikt
;
Ritus
;
Geschichte 1870-2000
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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