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At once a memoir of cultural encounter and an ethnographic and historical investigation, this book offers a sustained, intimate look at 'Kanaima'`, its practitioners, their victims, and the reasons they give for their actions.
On the little-known and darker side of shamanism there exists an ancient form of sorcery called kanaimà, a practice still observed among the Amerindians of the highlands of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil that involves the ritual stalking, mutilation, lingering death, and consumpt…
Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence.