The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman /
Kopenawa, Davi,
The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman / Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert ; translated by Nicholas Elliott and Alison Dundy. - 1 online resource (xvi, 622 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Translation of: La chute du ciel : paroles d'un chaman yanomami. ©2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-607) and index.
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 -- 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.
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.
In English.
9780674726116 (electronic bk.) 0674726111 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
10.4159/harvard.9780674726116 doi
22573/ctt65v9px JSTOR
Kopenawa, Davi.
Kopenawa, Davi.
Kopenawa, Davi 1955-
1900-1999
Shamans--Brazil--Biography.
Yanomamo Indians--Brazil--Biography.
Yanomamo Indians--History--20th century.
Shamanism--History--Brazil--20th century.
Yanomami (Indiens)--Brésil--Biographies.
Yanomami (Indiens)--Histoire--20e siècle.
Chamanisme--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Shamanism.
Shamans.
Yanomamo Indians.
Schamane
Häuptling
Aktivist
Yanomami
Brazil.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
F2520.1.Y3 / K6613 2013eb
305.898/92
The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman / Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert ; translated by Nicholas Elliott and Alison Dundy. - 1 online resource (xvi, 622 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Translation of: La chute du ciel : paroles d'un chaman yanomami. ©2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-607) and index.
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 -- 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.
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.
In English.
9780674726116 (electronic bk.) 0674726111 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
10.4159/harvard.9780674726116 doi
22573/ctt65v9px JSTOR
Kopenawa, Davi.
Kopenawa, Davi.
Kopenawa, Davi 1955-
1900-1999
Shamans--Brazil--Biography.
Yanomamo Indians--Brazil--Biography.
Yanomamo Indians--History--20th century.
Shamanism--History--Brazil--20th century.
Yanomami (Indiens)--Brésil--Biographies.
Yanomami (Indiens)--Histoire--20e siècle.
Chamanisme--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Shamanism.
Shamans.
Yanomamo Indians.
Schamane
Häuptling
Aktivist
Yanomami
Brazil.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
F2520.1.Y3 / K6613 2013eb
305.898/92