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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... relationship with his two wives 146 Figure 4.11 Degrees of cousin and half - cousin relationships .. 148 Figure 4.12 Distribution frequencies of marriages 149 Figure 4.13 Descendents grouped by sex 151 Figure 4.14 Example of an ...
... relationship with his two wives 146 Figure 4.11 Degrees of cousin and half - cousin relationships .. 148 Figure 4.12 Distribution frequencies of marriages 149 Figure 4.13 Descendents grouped by sex 151 Figure 4.14 Example of an ...
Page 103
... relationships between men and women at the level of comparative status on the one hand and their relative biological attributes on the other . Sex is also a big thing in everyday life among the Yanomamö , as it is elsewhere , and much ...
... relationships between men and women at the level of comparative status on the one hand and their relative biological attributes on the other . Sex is also a big thing in everyday life among the Yanomamö , as it is elsewhere , and much ...
Page 146
... relationships and builds up an exhaustive genealogy or pedigree from the field data provided to it . It compares Ego to his or her spouse and spells out precisely all genealogical connections if any exist , that is , tells precisely how ...
... relationships and builds up an exhaustive genealogy or pedigree from the field data provided to it . It compares Ego to his or her spouse and spells out precisely all genealogical connections if any exist , that is , tells precisely how ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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