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Dark shamans : kanaimà and the poetics of violent death /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitehead, Neil L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Patamona Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Patamona Indians > Death.
Macusi Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Macusi Indians > Death.
Violent deaths > Guyana > Paramakatoi Region.
Shamanism > Guyana > Paramakatoi Region.
Witchcraft > Guyana > Paramakatoi Region.
Ritual abuse > Guyana > Paramakatoi Region.
Paramakatoi Region (Guyana) > Rites and ceremonies.
Description
Physical Description:309 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-298) and index.
ISBN:0822329522 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822329883 (pbk. : alk. paper)