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The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle

By Philippe Descola

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
1565842286, 9781565842281, 1565844386, 9781565844384, 000255609X, 9780002556095, 0006863523, 9780006863526
LCC
F2230.2.J58 D4713 1996
Open Library ID
OL7260579M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28810694 bytes)
Pages
458\242
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1997, The Spears of Twilight chronicles the experiences of Philippe Descola, student of Claude Lvi-Strauss, among the legendary Achuar Indians of South America. Combining ethnography, travelogue, and personal meditation, The Spears of Twilight is an engrossing account of the resilient and complex Achuar people, as well as an intimate and often poetic account of Descola's sojourn among them.

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