Overview
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).
Full Product Details
Author: Napoleon Chagnon (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition: International Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 23.10cm
, Length: 1.50cm
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9781111828745
ISBN 10: 1111828741
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 January 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
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 Information
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 Yanomamo 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).
