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
... Yanomamö Society .140 The Demographic Basis of Social Behavior .144 Polygyny ... Yanomamo Violence Chapter 7 : Alliance With The Mishimishimabowei - teri ... Villages Age / Sex Distributions and Mortality Patterns Education and ...
... Yanomamö Society .140 The Demographic Basis of Social Behavior .144 Polygyny ... Yanomamo Violence Chapter 7 : Alliance With The Mishimishimabowei - teri ... Villages Age / Sex Distributions and Mortality Patterns Education and ...
Page 191
... village , Säsäwä , coveted my British commando knife and kept begging me to ... Yanomamö warfare , its causes , and the techniques of a raid is to give a history of the recent military activities of ... YANOMAMO WARFARE 191 A Specific War.
... village , Säsäwä , coveted my British commando knife and kept begging me to ... Yanomamö warfare , its causes , and the techniques of a raid is to give a history of the recent military activities of ... YANOMAMO WARFARE 191 A Specific War.
Page 204
... villages would be taking even greater liberties and demanding more women ... YANOMAMÖ VIOLENCE In Chapter 2 I discussed what is now beginning to look like a major difference in the ... YANOMAMÖ WARFARE General Comments on Yanomamo Violence.
... villages would be taking even greater liberties and demanding more women ... YANOMAMÖ VIOLENCE In Chapter 2 I discussed what is now beginning to look like a major difference in the ... YANOMAMÖ WARFARE General Comments on Yanomamo Violence.
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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