Life among the Yanomami : the story of change among the Xilixana on the Mucajai River in Brazil /

Life Among the Yanomami builds on literature and the author's personal experience of the northern Brazil people, the Mucajai Yanomami, with whom he lived from 1958 to 1967 and whom he has since frequently visited. The result is a rich and well-rounded understanding of this famously isolated peo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peters, John F. (John Fred), 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Yanomamo Indians > Brazil > Mucajaí River Valley.
Social change > Brazil > Mucajaí River Valley.
Yanomami > Brésil > Mucajaí, Région de la.
Changement social > Brésil > Mucajaí, Région de la.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Social change.
Yanomamo Indians.
Yanomamo.
Yanomami (Indiens) > Conditions sociales.
Changement social > Brésil > Mucajaí, vallée de la.
Mucajaí, Région de la (Brésil) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Brazil > Mucajaí River Valley.
Mucajaí, vallée de la (Brésil) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Yanomami, Xilixana, and the anthropological approach
  • Field entry, language-learning, and cultural surprises
  • Village life and social culture : basic patterns
  • Everyday life : food and child care, hunting and fishing
  • Family and social organization
  • Socialization and life stages
  • Myths, spirits, and magic
  • The precontact period : a time of isolation
  • Postcontact history : enter the missionaries
  • The missionary presence : translation, literacy, and social effects
  • "Warfare," raids, and revenge
  • Adaptation in a precapitalist society : agents of change
  • Health as an agent of change
  • Broader considerations in the study of social change
  • Reflections on social change among the Yanomami.

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