
The Yanomamo
Napoleon Chagnon(Author)
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
6th Edition
Published on 1. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-111-82874-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Yanomamo of Venezuela and Brazil are a truly remarkable people, and one of the few sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This classic ethnography, based on the authors extensive fieldwork, includes a brief discussion of events and changes that have occurred since 1996.
The Legacy 6th Edition of The Yanomamo also includes a Q&A interview with the author, which reveals his own perspective on his lifes work, reflects changes within the field of anthropology itself, and presents the authors views on the recent decade of controversies that his work has inspired among critics (including some anthropologists).
The Legacy 6th Edition of The Yanomamo also includes a Q&A interview with the author, which reveals his own perspective on his lifes work, reflects changes within the field of anthropology itself, and presents the authors views on the recent decade of controversies that his work has inspired among critics (including some anthropologists).
Reviews / Votes
Foreword. Author's Preface to the Sixth Edition. Acknowledgments. Prologue. The Killing of Ruwahiwa. 1. Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamo. 2. Cultural Ecology. 3. Myth and Cosmos. 4. Social Organization and Demography. 5. Political Alliances, Trading, and Feasting. 6. Yanomamo Warfare. 7. Alliance With the Mishimishimabowei-teri. 8. The Acceleration of Change in Yanomamoland. 9. Interview of the Author by William G. Irons. Glossary. References Cited. Ethnographic Films on the Yanomamo. Index.More details
Edition
International Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 15 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 231 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-111-82874-5 (9781111828745)
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Person
Napoleon A. Chagnon was born the second of twelve children in Port Austin, Michigan, in 1938. He is married and has two children. He began his academic training at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (now called Lake Superior State University), in the physics curriculum. After one year there, he transferred to the University of Michigan, changed his major to anthropology, and received his B.A. (1961), M.A. (1963), and Ph.D. (1966) degrees in anthropology at the University of Michigan. He then joined the faculty of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School from which position he participated in an extensive multi- disciplinary study of the Yanomamoe Indians of Venezuela and Brazil. During this time he also held a joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he taught anthropology courses. He has held positions at Pennsylvania State University, Cambridge University, Northwestern University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent views on Anthropology as a discipline are contained in Noble Savages, his most recent book (2012).
Content
Foreword.
Author's Preface to the Sixth Edition.
Acknowledgments.
Prologue.
The Killing of Ruwahiwa.
1. Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamo.
2. Cultural Ecology.
3. Myth and Cosmos.
4. Social Organization and Demography.
5. Political Alliances, Trading, and Feasting.
6. Yanomamo Warfare.
7. Alliance With the Mishimishimabowei-teri.
8. The Acceleration of Change in Yanomamoland.
9. Interview of the Author by William G. Irons.
Glossary.
References Cited.
Ethnographic Films on the Yanomamo.
Index.
Author's Preface to the Sixth Edition.
Acknowledgments.
Prologue.
The Killing of Ruwahiwa.
1. Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamo.
2. Cultural Ecology.
3. Myth and Cosmos.
4. Social Organization and Demography.
5. Political Alliances, Trading, and Feasting.
6. Yanomamo Warfare.
7. Alliance With the Mishimishimabowei-teri.
8. The Acceleration of Change in Yanomamoland.
9. Interview of the Author by William G. Irons.
Glossary.
References Cited.
Ethnographic Films on the Yanomamo.
Index.