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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... Kaobawa , the est . information provided by Kaobawä and Rerebawä , I made ... Kaobawä's contribution enabled me to trace the genealogies further back in time ... groups took form , exchanged women in marriage over several generations ...
... Kaobawa , the est . information provided by Kaobawä and Rerebawä , I made ... Kaobawä's contribution enabled me to trace the genealogies further back in time ... groups took form , exchanged women in marriage over several generations ...
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... KAOBAWA'S VILLAGE It should be clear that broad generalizations about culture change among the many Yanomamö groups is not possible . I will therefore comment on some of the changes that have occurred in the area where Kaobawä's village ...
... KAOBAWA'S VILLAGE It should be clear that broad generalizations about culture change among the many Yanomamö groups is not possible . I will therefore comment on some of the changes that have occurred in the area where Kaobawä's village ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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