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The Falling Sky : Words of a Yanomami Shaman / Davi Kopenawa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (648 p.) : 7 halftones, 24 line illustrations, 6 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674724686
  • 9780674726116
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.898/92
LOC classification:
  • F2520.1.Y3
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674726116

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.

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