{"product_id":"life-among-the-yanomami-paperback-softback-9781551111933","title":"Life Among the Yanomami (Paperback \/ softback) 9781551111933","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife Among the Yanomami\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn F. Peters (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781551111933\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Among the Yanomami \u003c\/i\u003ebuilds on literature and the author's personal experience of the northern Brazil people, the Mucajai Yanomami, with whom he lived from 1958 to 1967 and whom he has since frequently visited. The result is a rich and well-rounded understanding of this famously isolated people. While considerable detail of traditional way of life is provided, particular attention is devoted to the realities of social change arising from initial exposure to missionaries (of whom the author was one) to the more recent pressures from mining and the intervention of government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Family and village life, health and health care, demography, politicization (that includes Yanomami criticism of Western Society), and on cultural survival are among the key issues explored by Peters-compelling issues for indigenous peoples the world over. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  List of Maps and Figures\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Glossary of Terms\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  1. Yanomami, Xilixana, and the Anthropological Approach\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Commonalities and Contrasts\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Clash of Cultures\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Yanomami: Why Study Them?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Cross-Cultural Research: The Academic Component\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Author's Own Journey\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Recent Xilixana History: The Basics\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Part I. The Xilixana Way of Life\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  2. Field Entry, Language-Learning and Cultural Surprises\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Challenge of Language\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Contrasts in Culture: Startling Differences\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Data-Gathering: Pursuits of Peril and Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Researcher in the Field\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  3. Village Life and Social Culture: Basic Patterns\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Village Composition and Decision-Making\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Death, Burial, and Cremation\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Yãimo\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Village Fissions, Population, and Distribution\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  4. Everyday Life: Food and Child Care, Hunting and Fishing\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Daily Village Life\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Hunting and Fishing\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Products of the Land\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Agriculture\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Tools of Life\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  5. Family and Social Organization\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Relationship Terminology and Acceptable Sexual Partners\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Marriage\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Feuds\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Conception and Birthing\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Bride Service and Bride Payment\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Marriage Fragility and Termination\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Gender Roles and the Status of Women\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  6. Socialization and Life Stages\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Stage I: Total Dependence\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Stage II: Early Childhood\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Stage III: Later Childhood\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Stage IV: Premarriage\u003cbr\u003e and Puberty and Marriage\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Stage V: Male First Family of Procreation\u003cbr\u003e Female Childbearing and Childrearing\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Stage VI: Male Second Family of Procreation\u003cbr\u003e Female Post-Childrearing\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Stage VII: Appendage\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Summary of Stages in the Life Cycle\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  7. Myths, Spirits and Magic\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Myths\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Spirits\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Alawalik Substances\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Taboos\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Part II. Past and Present: The Xilixana Then and Now\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  8. The Precontact Period: A Time of Isolation\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Learning Xilixana History\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Early History\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Xilixana and Other Encounters\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Quest for Tools\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  9. Postcontact History: Enter the Missionaries\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Missionary Contact with the Xilixana\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Land Expedition to the Aica\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Further History of the Mission Organization\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Missionary Relations\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  10. The Missionary Presence: Translation, Literacy and Social Effects\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Daily Life and Mission Tasks\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Maintaining the Mission Station\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Literacy Teaching\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Impact of Christian Teaching\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Missionary Presence: Mixed Results\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  11. \"\u003cbr\u003eWarfare,\"\u003cbr\u003e Raids, and Revenge\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Roots of \"\u003cbr\u003eWarfare\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Intervillage Killings\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Motivations for Violence and Warfare\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Clashes with Miners\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Cultural Norms of Violence\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Part III. Social Change\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  12. Adaptation in a Precapitalist Society: Agents of Change\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Brazilian Influence\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Other Yanomami\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Missionaries\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Missionaries and the Dynamics of Change\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  13. Health as an Agent of Change\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Xilixana Modes of Treating Illness\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Missionaries and Health Care\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Health Treatment Facilities and Organizations\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Treatment of Diseases\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Struggle for Yanomami Health Control: Remaining Questions\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  14. Broader Considerations in the Study of Social Change\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Dynamics of Yanomami Social Change\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Change Agents, and Direct Effects\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Exchange and Reciprocity\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  15. Reflections on Social Change among the Yanomami\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Culture and Social Change\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Social Change: Problems, Bias, and Ethics\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  A response to Change among the Yanomami\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The Clash of Values Revisited\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Appendix: Language-Learning\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  References\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619270226200,"sku":"9781551111933","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-among-the-yanomami-paperback-softback-9781551111933","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}