{"product_id":"the-palm-and-the-pleiades-initiation-and-cosmology-in-northwest-amazonia-paperback-9780521358903","title":"The Palm and the Pleiades; Initiation and Cosmology in Northwest Amazonia (Paperback) 9780521358903","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Palm and the Pleiades\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInitiation and Cosmology in Northwest Amazonia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe book is an extended study in English of Amazonian ritual.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Hugh-Jones (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521358903, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 March 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 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\"\u003eWhen it was first published in 1979, this book, together with its companion volume, From the Milk River, by Christine Hugh-Jones, was hailed as setting 'a new standard for South American ethnographers, one to be emulated' (Third World Quarterly). Both are now available for the first time in paperback. The book is an extended study in English of Amazonian ritual. Through an analysis of a secret men's cult widespread throughout Northwest Amazonia, Hugh-Jones builds up a general picture of a South American Indian society, and of a religious and cosmological system that is common to a large area of Northwest Amazonia. The book is also an exercise in the anthropological interpretation of ritual, myth and religious symbolism from a structuralist point of view.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e List of maps and plates\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Orthography\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Rites in Context: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Barasana: land and people\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Rites Described: 3. Fruit House\u003cbr\u003e 4. He House: the main initiation rite\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Explanation and Analysis: 5. The participants\u003cbr\u003e 6. The flutes and trumpets\u003cbr\u003e 7. The gourd of beeswax\u003cbr\u003e 8. Open and closed: the howler monkey and the sloth\u003cbr\u003e 9. Death and rebirth\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Sun and the Moon\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Myths\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Index of names.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004493287704,"sku":"9780521358903","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521358903i_72bbabb3-173f-44df-80d1-02aa0e10e405.jpg?v=1691375672","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-palm-and-the-pleiades-initiation-and-cosmology-in-northwest-amazonia-paperback-9780521358903","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}