Families of the Forest : The Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon /

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The idea of a family level society assumes moving, breathing form in Families of the Forest. According to Allen Johnson's ethnography, the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a family level society; the family level of sociocultural integration i...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Johnson, Allen W.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Machiguenga (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Machiguenga (Indiens) > Parente.
Manners and customs
Machiguenga Indians > Social life and customs
Machiguenga cosmology
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Machiguenga Indians > Social life and customs.
Machiguenga cosmology.
Machiguenga Indians > Kinship.
Amazon River Region
Amazon River Region > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Introduction: Among the Matsigenka; 1 Setting and History; 2 Making a Living; 3 Family Life; 4 Society and Politics; 5 Cosmos; Conclusion: A Family Level Society; Glossary; References Cited; Index.

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