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Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia

James Andrew Whitaker

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America 2012 DOI: 10.70845/2572-3626.1155 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Book review Peer reviewed
Topics Shamanism
Citations 7
Key findings The book argues that warfare and shamanism are deeply interconnected in Amazonian societies, with shamanic power and warrior status mutually constitutive through predation and transformation.

Abstract

Book review of Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia. Carlos Fausto. Translated by David Rodgers. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2012. xv + 347 pp., maps, illustrations, footnotes, bibliography, annex, index. USD $99.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-1-107-02006-1