Warfare and shamanism in Amazonia
By: Carlos Fausto
Series: Cambridge Latin American studies -- 96
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781107020061
Subjects: Social life and customs; Warfare; Rites and ceremonies; Religious life and customs; Religion; Parakanã Indians; Shamanism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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.