Sanuma Memories: Yanomami Ethnography in Times of Crisis
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This text provides an anthropological account of the Yanomami and their social organisation, kinship and marriage, moving from the microcosm of individual experience to the broader sociological trends... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0299146545
ISBN13:9780299146542
Release Date:August 1995
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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An Ethnographic Masterpiece
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
For anyone interested in the ethnology of South America, this book is essential. Although Ramos spent less time among the Yanomami than anthropologists such as Lizot and (the now discredited) Chagnon, hers is the principal work on the Brazilian Yanomami, and is a beautifully written, very philosophical book which not only discusses the culture, but includes some very insightful remarks on the nature of anthropological research. The final chapter describes her exhausting and nearly fatal trip with a medical team to help the malaria-stricken Indians during the Brazilian gold rush. Also an impressive translation by the author.
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