Living with the Wayapi, and their charismatic leader Waiwai, is a serious adventure. It is demanding, and can turn dangerous in a moment. The environment is a difficult one, but beautiful and baffling in its richness. And the job of learning about the people is like a journey without end. Alan Campbell tells the story of these people, and of the time he spent with them, in an imaginative, beautifully written account which looks back from a century into the future to relate a way of life that is being destroyed. In doing so, he addresses important and complex issues in current anthroplogical theory in a way which makes them accessible without sacrificing any of their subtlety.
Detalles
Formato
Tapa suave
Número de Páginas
264
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
Routledge
Fecha de Publicación
1995-08-17
Dimensiones
8.5" x 5.5" x 0.55" pulgadas
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
Si
Acerca del Autor
Alan Tormaid Campbell teaches Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University. He is the author of To Square with Genesis: Causal Statements and Shamanic Ideas in Wayapí (Polygon, 1990) and has been involved with the Wayapí Indians since 1974.
Descripción
Living with the Wayapi, and their charismatic leader Waiwai, is a serious adventure. It is demanding, and can turn dangerous in a moment. The environment is a difficult one, but beautiful and baffling in its richness. And the job of learning about the people is like a journey without end. Alan Campbell tells the story of these people, and of the time he spent with them, in an imaginative, beautifully written account which looks back from a century into the future to relate a way of life that is being destroyed. In doing so, he addresses important and complex issues in current anthroplogical theory in a way which makes them accessible without sacrificing any of their subtlety.
Detalles
Formato
Tapa dura
Número de Páginas
262
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
Routledge
Fecha de Publicación
1995-08-17
Dimensiones
8.54" x 6.08" x 0.7" pulgadas
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
Si
Temas
América Latina
Acerca del Autor
Alan Tormaid Campbell teaches Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University. He is the author of To Square with Genesis: Causal Statements and Shamanic Ideas in Wayapí (Polygon, 1990) and has been involved with the Wayapí Indians since 1974.
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