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 87
... abducted from or ' coerced ' from weaker , smaller neighbors including highland villages . By contrast , highland villages have fewer abducted women , and when they do , they usually come from other small highland groups , not from the ...
... abducted from or ' coerced ' from weaker , smaller neighbors including highland villages . By contrast , highland villages have fewer abducted women , and when they do , they usually come from other small highland groups , not from the ...
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... abducted women , and fewer Unokais Number Men % Abducted % Unokai Males Village Size Polygynous Females 69 53 1 14.3 7.7 71 43 1 33.3 36.4 64 99 2 14.5 27.6 72 28 1 0.0 57.1 59 81 2 0.0 21.4 57 81 1 15.0 15.4 68 54 1 14.3 0.0 67 40 0 ...
... abducted women , and fewer Unokais Number Men % Abducted % Unokai Males Village Size Polygynous Females 69 53 1 14.3 7.7 71 43 1 33.3 36.4 64 99 2 14.5 27.6 72 28 1 0.0 57.1 59 81 2 0.0 21.4 57 81 1 15.0 15.4 68 54 1 14.3 0.0 67 40 0 ...
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... abduct women after the objectives of their treachery were accomplished . Had it not been for their greed to capture women ... abducted seven women . The fact that they had shotguns probably best explains why they would travel so far and ...
... abduct women after the objectives of their treachery were accomplished . Had it not been for their greed to capture women ... abducted seven women . The fact that they had shotguns probably best explains why they would travel so far and ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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