The Falling Sky
Words of a Yanomami Shaman
1st Edition
Published on 14. May 2014
690 pages
978-0-674-72611-6 (ISBN)
Description
Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience - a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.
Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience - a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.
Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience - a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7 halftones, 24 line illustrations, 6 maps
7 halftones, 24 line illustrations, 6 maps
ISBN-13
978-0-674-72611-6 (9780674726116)
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11/2013
The Belknap Press
€67.06
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Persons
KopenawaDavi: Davi Kopenawa is a shaman and an internationally known spokesperson of the Brazilian Yanomami.AlbertBruce: Bruce Albert, a French anthropologist who has worked with the Yanomami in Brazil since 1975, is Research Director at the Research Institute for Development (IRD), Paris, and Associate Researcher at the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Sao Paulo.
KopenawaDavi: Davi Kopenawa is a shaman and an internationally known spokesperson of the Brazilian Yanomami.AlbertBruce: Bruce Albert, a French anthropologist who has worked with the Yanomami in Brazil since 1975, is Research Director at the Research Institute for Development (IRD), Paris, and Associate Researcher at the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Sao Paulo.
KopenawaDavi: Davi Kopenawa is a shaman and an internationally known spokesperson of the Brazilian Yanomami.AlbertBruce: Bruce Albert, a French anthropologist who has worked with the Yanomami in Brazil since 1975, is Research Director at the Research Institute for Development (IRD), Paris, and Associate Researcher at the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Sao Paulo.
