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 xviii
... Moawa and Dedeheiwa Chapter 8 : The Acceleration of Change in Yanomamöland . Gradual versus Catastrophic Change Variation in Degree and Kind of Contact The 1987 Brazilian Gold Rush Massacre at Hashimo - teri Kaobawä's Village Reduction ...
... Moawa and Dedeheiwa Chapter 8 : The Acceleration of Change in Yanomamöland . Gradual versus Catastrophic Change Variation in Degree and Kind of Contact The 1987 Brazilian Gold Rush Massacre at Hashimo - teri Kaobawä's Village Reduction ...
Page 226
... Möawä and Dedeheiwä Möawä died , probably of some respiratory infection , in about 1977-78 . When I reached Kaobawä's village in 1985 one of Dedeheiwä's sons was there . He called me aside and eagerly told me in very ... Moawa and Dedeheiwa.
... Möawä and Dedeheiwä Möawä died , probably of some respiratory infection , in about 1977-78 . When I reached Kaobawä's village in 1985 one of Dedeheiwä's sons was there . He called me aside and eagerly told me in very ... Moawa and Dedeheiwa.
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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