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 24
... woman , an accident . For that reason , her village's raiders deliberately sought out and killed a woman in retaliation - whose name was on my list . My reason for going to the village was to update my census data on a name - by - name ...
... woman , an accident . For that reason , her village's raiders deliberately sought out and killed a woman in retaliation - whose name was on my list . My reason for going to the village was to update my census data on a name - by - name ...
Page 71
... woman's task and the quantities of which are staggering . I had not anticipated that firewood could be such a major concern of the Yanomamö or any Tropical Forest society , but very large quantities of firewood are needed — for cooking ...
... woman's task and the quantities of which are staggering . I had not anticipated that firewood could be such a major concern of the Yanomamö or any Tropical Forest society , but very large quantities of firewood are needed — for cooking ...
Page 109
... woman . ' What kinds of food are they seeking ? ' he asked . ' They went collecting peaches , ' said the old woman . ' Hrumph ! That will cause them to have fuzz all over their asses if they do that ! ' said Jaguar . ' Well , they also ...
... woman . ' What kinds of food are they seeking ? ' he asked . ' They went collecting peaches , ' said the old woman . ' Hrumph ! That will cause them to have fuzz all over their asses if they do that ! ' said Jaguar . ' Well , they also ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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