Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Prefatory Note xi
5. Introduction: A New World 1
6. 1 The Devil and the Fetishization of Tradition 22
7. 2 The Lost Center of the World 49
8. 3 Hunting Indians 84
9. 4 Mediating the New Human 110
10. 5 Apocalypse and the Limits of Transformation 124
11. 6 Shame and the Limits of the Subject 147
12. 7 Affliction and the Limits of Becoming 172
13. 8 The Politics of Isolation 194
14. Conclusion: Behold the Black Caiman 221
15. Acknowledgments 231
16. Notes 235
17. Bibliography 273
18. Index 301