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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Napoleon A. Chagnon. Illustrations Photos Figure 1.1 Figure 1.2 Figure 1.3 Figure 1.4 Figure 1.5 Figure 1.6 Bahimi , wife of Basaasi - teri headman . Kaobawä , headman of Upper Bisaasi - teri Visitors dancing around the shabono ...
Napoleon A. Chagnon. Illustrations Photos Figure 1.1 Figure 1.2 Figure 1.3 Figure 1.4 Figure 1.5 Figure 1.6 Bahimi , wife of Basaasi - teri headman . Kaobawä , headman of Upper Bisaasi - teri Visitors dancing around the shabono ...
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Napoleon A. Chagnon. Figure 6.5 Painted man looking at camera 203 Figure 7.2 Kaobawä addressing the Mishimishimabowei - teri 222 Figure 7.3 Warriors from both groups lining up to raid ... 223 Figure 7.4 Dedeheiwä ... 224 Figure 7.5 Moawä ...
Napoleon A. Chagnon. Figure 6.5 Painted man looking at camera 203 Figure 7.2 Kaobawä addressing the Mishimishimabowei - teri 222 Figure 7.3 Warriors from both groups lining up to raid ... 223 Figure 7.4 Dedeheiwä ... 224 Figure 7.5 Moawä ...
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... Figure 8.4 Age / sex distribution of 474 individuals in eight villages with ' intermediate ' contacts with the outside - studied in 1991. These villages show evidence of a major recent epidemic that caused many children to die . can ...
... Figure 8.4 Age / sex distribution of 474 individuals in eight villages with ' intermediate ' contacts with the outside - studied in 1991. These villages show evidence of a major recent epidemic that caused many children to die . can ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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