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 160
... allies , therefore , the members of a village would either have to remain at their single garden and sustain the attacks of their enemies or disband into several smaller groups and join larger villages on a permanent basis , losing many ...
... allies , therefore , the members of a village would either have to remain at their single garden and sustain the attacks of their enemies or disband into several smaller groups and join larger villages on a permanent basis , losing many ...
Page 163
... allies , the Möwaraoba - teri ( Sibarariwä's village ) , made them in quantities and provided all they needed , and ... Allies that exchange women also feast and trade with each other . Likewise , allies that merely feast together also ...
... allies , the Möwaraoba - teri ( Sibarariwä's village ) , made them in quantities and provided all they needed , and ... Allies that exchange women also feast and trade with each other . Likewise , allies that merely feast together also ...
Page 195
... allies wearied of the visitors . When the hosts , the Lower Bisaasi - teri , for example , wanted to get rid of the Monou - teri , they would hold a feast in their honor . When the going - home food was presented to them , they had no ...
... allies wearied of the visitors . When the hosts , the Lower Bisaasi - teri , for example , wanted to get rid of the Monou - teri , they would hold a feast in their honor . When the going - home food was presented to them , they had no ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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