Encyclopedia of World Cultures, south_america

Description

This volume, with one hundred new articles, supplements the award-winning 10-volume Encyclopedia of World Cultures, which was also organized and prepared by the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University, and published by G. K. Hall/Macmillan Library Reference between 1991 and 1996. The volume includes three kinds of entries. One kind is an important culture that was not included, for one reason or another, in the original encyclopedia. These new cultures are located in most regions of the world, but especially in Africa and North America. For example, Rwandans and Barundi are now included. New or updated articles on cultures that have been strongly affected by recent political events are a second kind of entry here. For example, the wars in the former Yugoslavia required expansions and updates of the articles on the Bosnian Muslims, Albanians, and Serbs, and the Afghanistan war called for revisions of the articles on the Tajiks and Uzbeks. Finally, there originally were only short entries on some important cultures, including some that are of classic interest in anthropology (for example, Crow, Zulu). These have now been expanded and updated. In preparing this supplement, we have asked for advice from many scholars and contributors. Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume VII......Page 1 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Project Staff, Editorial Board......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 17 Introduction......Page 22 Maps......Page 50 Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume VII SOUTH AMERICA......Page 55 Appendix Additional South American Indian Cultures......Page 451 Ethnonym Index to Appendix......Page 457 Glossary......Page 461 Filmography......Page 467 Index to Filmography......Page 469 Directory of Distributors......Page 470 Ethnonym Index......Page 473 The Editors......Page 480