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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... headman . Kaobawä , headman of Upper Bisaasi - teri Visitors dancing around the shabono .... Yanomamö man with monkey - tail headband . Rerebawä , one of the author's closest friends Kaobawä , the headman .. ..... 6 8 9 12 23 26 Figure ...
... headman . Kaobawä , headman of Upper Bisaasi - teri Visitors dancing around the shabono .... Yanomamö man with monkey - tail headband . Rerebawä , one of the author's closest friends Kaobawä , the headman .. ..... 6 8 9 12 23 26 Figure ...
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... headman before she discovered what his name was ( Biocca , 1970 ; Valero , 1984 ) . The sanctions behind the taboo ... headman of this village and happened to casually drop the name of the wife of the Bisaasi - teri headman . A stunned ...
... headman before she discovered what his name was ( Biocca , 1970 ; Valero , 1984 ) . The sanctions behind the taboo ... headman of this village and happened to casually drop the name of the wife of the Bisaasi - teri headman . A stunned ...
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... headman of the village , Säsäwä , coveted my British commando knife and kept begging me to give it to him . He wanted me to tell him all about the knife , its origin , history , and how often it had been exchanged in trades . When I ...
... headman of the village , Säsäwä , coveted my British commando knife and kept begging me to give it to him . He wanted me to tell him all about the knife , its origin , history , and how often it had been exchanged in trades . When I ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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