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 37
... shabono , the largest one I had ever seen up to then . We were there . Karina peered intently and then urged me to follow . In a few minutes we were in the garden , and shortly after we could see the back side of the shabono roof , the ...
... shabono , the largest one I had ever seen up to then . We were there . Karina peered intently and then urged me to follow . In a few minutes we were in the garden , and shortly after we could see the back side of the shabono roof , the ...
Page 56
... shabono lasts only two years or so because the leaves begin to leak or the roofing becomes so infested with roaches , spiders , and other insects that it must be burned to the ground to get rid of them . The roaches can become so ...
... shabono lasts only two years or so because the leaves begin to leak or the roofing becomes so infested with roaches , spiders , and other insects that it must be burned to the ground to get rid of them . The roaches can become so ...
Page 59
... shabono had large masses of banana leaves hanging down - almost to the ground - from the high point of the roof . I discovered why they did this on the first night I slept in such a village . The air temperature dropped to about 60 ...
... shabono had large masses of banana leaves hanging down - almost to the ground - from the high point of the roof . I discovered why they did this on the first night I slept in such a village . The air temperature dropped to about 60 ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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