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 73
... palm fruits to get a full belly . Peach palm fruits have a relatively small seed ( some have no seed at all ) and a very large amount of mealy flesh , about the texture of boiled potatoes , rich in oil , and very tasty . Families ...
... palm fruits to get a full belly . Peach palm fruits have a relatively small seed ( some have no seed at all ) and a very large amount of mealy flesh , about the texture of boiled potatoes , rich in oil , and very tasty . Families ...
Page 164
... peach palm gruel , vomit it up , and return for more ( Figure 5.1 ) . The plaza rapidly becomes dotted with large pools of slippery vomit and one must be careful where he walks . . . and avoid walking right in front of a celebrant who ...
... peach palm gruel , vomit it up , and return for more ( Figure 5.1 ) . The plaza rapidly becomes dotted with large pools of slippery vomit and one must be careful where he walks . . . and avoid walking right in front of a celebrant who ...
Page 190
... peach - palm fruit , a crop that continues to produce long after the garden itself has gone to weeds . Someone stole the peach - palm fruit belonging to a man in the other group , resulting in another food theft for revenge , a club ...
... peach - palm fruit , a crop that continues to produce long after the garden itself has gone to weeds . Someone stole the peach - palm fruit belonging to a man in the other group , resulting in another food theft for revenge , a club ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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