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Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia - Cambridge Latin American Studies Fausto, Carlos (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia - Cambridge Latin American Studies
Fausto, Carlos (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
This book is an ethnographic study of the Parakanã, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, who inhabit the Xingu–Tocantins interfluve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Carlos Fausto analyzes the relationship between warfare and shamanism in Parakanã society from the late nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century.
368 pages, 24 b/w illus. 8 maps 20 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 19, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107020061 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 368 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 159 × 31 mm · 657 g |
| Language | English |