000 02292cam a2200289 4500
001 7577
003 OCoLC
005 20181127183911.0
008 970509s1997 txuab b 001 0 eng
010 _a96078476
020 _a0155053272
020 _a9780155053274
050 0 0 _aF2520.1.Y3
_bC5 1997
082 _a306
_b
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100 1 _aChagnon, Napoleon A.,
_d1938-
245 1 0 _aYanomamo /
_cNapoleon A. Chagnon.
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aFort Worth :
_bHarcourt Brace College Publishers,
_cc1997.
300 _axxi, 280 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aCase studies in cultural anthropology
504 _aFilmography: p. 270-272.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue: The killing of Ruwahiwa -- ch. 1. Doing field work among the Yanomamo: Vignette ; Collecting data in the field ; Beyond the Bisaasi-teri and into the remote vilages -- ch. 2. Cultural ecology: The physical environment ; Hunting, gathering, and gardening ; The cultural ecology of settlement pattern ; New data from 1990 and 1991 fieldwork ; The great protein debate : Yanomamo data and anthropological theory -- ch. 3. Myth and cosmos: The spiritual environment -- ch. 4. Social organization and demography: Daily social life ; Social structure ; The demographic basis of social behavior ; The decay of the nuclear family -- ch. 5. Political alliances, trading, and feasting: general features of alliances ; Trading and freasting in alliance formation ; Historical background to a particular feast ; The feast ; The chest-pounding duel -- ch. 6. Yanomamo warfare: Levels of violence ; The raid of Nomohori ; A specific war ; General comments in yanomamo violence -- ch. 7. Alliance with the Mishimishimabowei-teri: Conceptions of the Mishimishimabowei-teri -- ch. 8. The acceleration of change in Yanomamoland: Gradual cersus catastrophic change ; Variation in degree and kind of contact ; The 1987 Brazilian gold rush ; Kaobawa's village ; Contending influences and conflicting information.
650 0 _aYanomamo Indians.
830 0 _aCase studies in cultural anthropology.
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