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Kopenawa, Davi

The Falling Sky : Words of a Yanomami Shaman / Davi Kopenawa. - 1 online resource (648 p.) : 7 halftones, 24 line illustrations, 6 maps

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Maps -- Setting the Scene -- Words Given -- I. Becoming O1ther -- II. Metal Smoke -- III. The Falling Sky -- Words of Omama -- How This Book Was Written -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Ethnonym, Language, and Orthography -- Appendix B. The Yanomami in Brazil -- Appendix C. Watoriki -- Appendix D. The Haximu Massacre -- Notes -- Ethnobiological Glossary -- Geographic Glossary -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience--a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674724686 9780674726116

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674726116 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shamanism -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
Shamanism--History--Brazil--20th century.
Shamans -- Brazil -- Biography.
Shamans--Brazil--Biography.
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
Yanomamo Indians -- Brazil -- Biography.
Yanomamo Indians -- History -- 20th century.
Yanomamo Indians--History--20th century.
Yanomamo Indians--Brazil--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.

LC Class. No.: F2520.1.Y3

Dewey Class. No.: 305.898/92