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The Yanomami and their interpreters : fierce people or fierce interpreters?

By Chagnon , Napoleon A

Book information

Publisher
University Press of America
Year
1997
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
41 MB (43427671 bytes)
Pages
\244
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Yanomamo Indians -- Social conditions.;Yanomamo In

Description

Overview: I haven't read "The Last Days of Eden" (yet), so I don't know the extent to which the two books overlap (a problem raised by another reviewer); this review may need editing once I find out. However, in the meantime I strongly recommend this book. Chagnon is a delightful writer, who manages to provide engaging descriptions of the Yanomamo with whom he spent so much time without using complicated jargon (with the exception of his chapter on social organization and demography, which necessitates technical explanations and is much less accessible to non-anthropologists). His initial chapters, describing his experiences starting out to do fieldwork in a remote region without even knowing the language, are fascinating.

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