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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Page 106
... jaguars seem to all make the point , in one way or another , that Man is ultimately the master over Jaguar and can outwit him . Jaguar is usually portrayed as a large , clumsy , stupid , and bungling beast - whatever he might be in real ...
... jaguars seem to all make the point , in one way or another , that Man is ultimately the master over Jaguar and can outwit him . Jaguar is usually portrayed as a large , clumsy , stupid , and bungling beast - whatever he might be in real ...
Page 107
... Jaguar enters the village and carries his son off , who screams and protests that Jaguar is treating him like some common game animal . The members of the village - Shidi- basi - teri ( the wood used in the club ) -decide to take a himo ...
... Jaguar enters the village and carries his son off , who screams and protests that Jaguar is treating him like some common game animal . The members of the village - Shidi- basi - teri ( the wood used in the club ) -decide to take a himo ...
Page 110
... Jaguar was systematically exterminating everyone and that they would soon become his victims . Jaguar eventually came and began preying on them . They fled their village to escape his depredations , but before they did , they tied their ...
... Jaguar was systematically exterminating everyone and that they would soon become his victims . Jaguar eventually came and began preying on them . They fled their village to escape his depredations , but before they did , they tied their ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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