Ya̦nomamöBased on the author's extensive fieldwork, this classic ethnography, now in its fifth edition, focuses on the Yanomamo. These truly remarkable South American people are one of the few primitive sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This new edition includes events and changes that have occurred since 1992, including a recent trip by the author to the Brazilian Yanomamo in 1995. |
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... Chagnon was an invited participant in the King's College Research Centre , Cambridge University , and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Social Anthropology , Cambridge University . Chagnon then joined the faculty of Northwestern ...
... Chagnon was an invited participant in the King's College Research Centre , Cambridge University , and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Social Anthropology , Cambridge University . Chagnon then joined the faculty of Northwestern ...
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... Chagnon's recent publications is clarified ; the author has worked increas- ingly in more remote villages , especially among the Mishimishimaböwei - teri . Chagnon describes in moving detail the meeting of two men from two villages that ...
... Chagnon's recent publications is clarified ; the author has worked increas- ingly in more remote villages , especially among the Mishimishimaböwei - teri . Chagnon describes in moving detail the meeting of two men from two villages that ...
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... Chagnon / Gary Seaman Using the power of multimedia presentation , Yanomamö Interactive : The Ax Fight sets a new ... Chagnon's classic case study Yanomamö , Fifth Edition , students can study this well - known film in ways never before ...
... Chagnon / Gary Seaman Using the power of multimedia presentation , Yanomamö Interactive : The Ax Fight sets a new ... Chagnon's classic case study Yanomamö , Fifth Edition , students can study this well - known film in ways never before ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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