Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Ethnographer’s Tale 11
6. 2. Tales of the Kanaimà: Observers 41
7. 3. Tales of the Kanaimà: Participants 88
8. 4. Shamanic Warfare 128
9. 5. Modernity, Development, and Kanaimà Violence 174
10. 6. Ritual Violence and Magical Death in Amazonia 202
11. Conclusion: Anthropologies of Violence 245
12. Notes 253
13. Works Cited 285
14. Index 299