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 168
... Mahekodo - teri.3 The Mahekodo - teri had been allied to Kaobawä's group a generation earlier , but after Kaobawä's group moved away from the Orinoco River , alliance activity had dwindled to just sporadic trading . True to Yanomamö ...
... Mahekodo - teri.3 The Mahekodo - teri had been allied to Kaobawä's group a generation earlier , but after Kaobawä's group moved away from the Orinoco River , alliance activity had dwindled to just sporadic trading . True to Yanomamö ...
Page 169
... teri , both continuing to remain friendly to Kaobawä's group . In early 1965 , just a few months after I began my ... Mahekodo - teri . The evening before the men returned from the trip , one of the Salesian mis- sionaries , Padre Luis ...
... teri , both continuing to remain friendly to Kaobawä's group . In early 1965 , just a few months after I began my ... Mahekodo - teri . The evening before the men returned from the trip , one of the Salesian mis- sionaries , Padre Luis ...
Page 170
... Mahekodo - teri and Boreta - teri of malintent , Kaobawä also invited the Karohi - teri to attend the feast . They are a small but dependable ally and had themselves separated from the Mahekodo - teri many years ago . This is the ...
... Mahekodo - teri and Boreta - teri of malintent , Kaobawä also invited the Karohi - teri to attend the feast . They are a small but dependable ally and had themselves separated from the Mahekodo - teri many years ago . This is the ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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