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Beyond the Visible and the Material
The Amerindianization of Society in the Work of Peter Rivière
Av Laura M. Rival, Neil L. Whitehead
Inbunden, 2001
3388 kr
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This volume explores the legacy of Peter Riviere, retired Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, in the development of the anthropology of Amazonia. An international group of leading specialists contributes to the substantial and growing body of Amazonian ethnography, discussing …
Beyond the Visible and the Material
The Amerindianization of Society in the Work of Peter Rivière
Av Laura M. Rival, Neil L. Whitehead
Häftad, 2001
962 kr
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The contributors to this volume explore the legacy of Peter Rivière, recently-retired Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, in the development of the anthropology of Amazonia. This international group of leading specialists contributes to the substantial and growing body of …
Of Cannibals and Kings
Primal Anthropology in the Americas
Häftad, 2011
392 kr
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Of Cannibals and Kings collects the very earliest accounts of the native peoples of the Americas, including selections from the descriptions of Columbus’s first two voyages; documents reflecting the initial colonial occupation in Haiti, Venezuela, and Guyana; and the first ethnographic account of …
Terror and Violence
Imagination and the Unimaginable
Av Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
366 kr
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What is terror? What are its roots and its results -- and what part does it play in human experience and history? This volume offers a number of timely and original anthropological insights into the ways in which acts of terror -- and reactions to those acts -- impact on the lives of virtually …
Histories and Historicities in Amazonia
Häftad, 2003
283 kr
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Anthropologist Neil L. Whitehead presents a collection of recent fieldwork and the latest theoretical perspectives that illuminate how a range of Native communities in the Amazon River basin, and those they encounter, use the past to make sense of their world and themselves. In recent decades, …
Anthropologies of Guayana
Cultural Spaces in Northeastern Amazonia
Häftad, 2016
410 kr
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Unlike better-known regions of the Amazon, Guayana—a broad cultural region that includes the countries of Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana, as well as parts of eastern Venezuela and northern Brazil—has rarely been integrated into the broader narratives of South American anthropology and history. …
Dark Shamans
Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death
Häftad, 2002
441 kr
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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 consumption of human …
In Darkness and Secrecy
The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia
Av Neil L. Whitehead, Robin Wright
Häftad, 2004
385 kr
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In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or “dark shamanism.” Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans’ healing powers and positive influence. This collection …
Virtual War and Magical Death
Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing
Av Neil L. Whitehead, Sverker Finnström
Inbunden, 2013
1322 kr
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Virtual War and Magical Death is a provocative examination of the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war. Several arguments unite the collected essays, which are based on ethnographic research in varied locations, including Guatemala, Uganda, and Tanzania, as well as …
Virtual War and Magical Death
Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing
Av Neil L. Whitehead, Sverker Finnström
Häftad, 2013
385 kr
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Virtual War and Magical Death is a provocative examination of the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war. Several arguments unite the collected essays, which are based on ethnographic research in varied locations, including Guatemala, Uganda, and Tanzania, as well as …
Virtual War and Magical Death
Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing
Av Sverker Finnstrom, Neil L. Whitehead
E-bok, 2013
570 kr
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Virtual War and Magical Death is a provocative examination of the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war. Several arguments unite the collected essays, which are based on ethnographic research in varied locations, including Guatemala, Uganda, and Tanzania, as well as …
Dark Shamans
Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death
E-bok, 2002
462 kr
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On the little-known and darker side of shamanism there exists an ancient form of sorcery called kanaim à , a practice still observed among the Amerindians of the highlands of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil that involves the ritual stalking, mutilation, lingering death, and consumption of human …
In Darkness and Secrecy
The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia
Av Robin Wright, Neil L. Whitehead
E-bok, 2004
570 kr
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In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or “dark shamanism.” Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans’ healing powers and positive influence. This collection …
Ethnopornography
Sexuality, Colonialism, and Archival Knowledge
Av Pete Sigal, Zeb Tortorici m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1188 kr
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This volume's contributors explore the links among sexuality, ethnography, race, and colonial rule through an examination of ethnopornography-the eroticized observation of the Other for supposedly scientific or academic purposes. With topics that span the sixteenth century to the present in Latin …
Ethnopornography
Sexuality, Colonialism, and Archival Knowledge
Av Pete Sigal, Zeb Tortorici m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
294 kr
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This volume's contributors explore the links among sexuality, ethnography, race, and colonial rule through an examination of ethnopornography-the eroticized observation of the Other for supposedly scientific or academic purposes. With topics that span the sixteenth century to the present in Latin …
Human No More
Digital Subjectivities, Unhuman Subjects, and the End of Anthropology
Av Neil L. Whitehead, Michael Wesch
Häftad, 2012
405 kr
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Turning an anthropological eye toward cyberspace, Human No More explores how conditions of the online world shape identity, place, culture, and death within virtual communities.Online worlds have recently thrown into question the traditional anthropological conception of place-based ethnography. …
Dark Shamans
Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death
Inbunden, 2002
1322 kr
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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 consumption of human …
In Darkness and Secrecy
The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia
Av Neil L. Whitehead, Robin Wright
Inbunden, 2004
1629 kr
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In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or “dark shamanism.” Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans’ healing powers and positive influence. This collection …
Violence
Inbunden, 2004
398 kr
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Can we understand violence not as evidence of cultural rupture but as a form of cultural expression itself? Ten prominent scholars engage this question across geographies as diverse at their theoretical positions, in cases drawn from fieldwork in Indonesia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra …
Violence
Häftad, 2004
273 kr
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Can we understand violence not as evidence of cultural rupture but as a form of cultural expression itself? Ten prominent scholars engage this question across geographies as diverse at their theoretical positions, in cases drawn from fieldwork in Indonesia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra …
