The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman / Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert ; translated by Nicholas Elliott and Alison Dundy.

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Kopenawa, Davi [Author]

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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 622 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780674726116

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F2520 .F355 2013

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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.

Subject: 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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Includes bibliographies 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.

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