Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia [Paperback]

Describes the culture of the Parakan?, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, focusing on conflict and ritual.Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia is an ethnographic study of the Parakan?, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, who inhabit the Xingu-Tocantins interfluve in the state of Par?, Brazil. Carlos Fausto analyzes the relationship between warfare and shamanism in Parakan? society from the late 19th century until the end of the 20th century.Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia is an ethnographic study of the Parakan?, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, who inhabit the Xingu-Tocantins interfluve in the state of Par?, Brazil. Carlos Fausto analyzes the relationship between warfare and shamanism in Parakan? society from the late 19th century until the end of the 20th century.Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia is an ethnographic study of the Parakan?, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, who inhabit the interfluvial region in the state of Par?, Brazil. This book analyzes the relationship between warfare and shamanism in Parakan? society from the late 19th century until the end of the 20th 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.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. & [a] theoretically nuanced and deeply fascinating work & The Parakan? conceptual universe is complex, and not easy to articulate in Western terms, but sustained immersion within Fausto's 'new language' reminds us that to understand other cultures requires adjustments to ourselves.
Robert J. Wallis, Time and Mind'Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia is the English translation of Inimigos Fi?is, Carlos Fausto's masterful ethnography ofl£