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A man called "Bee" : studying the Yanomamö / a Documentary Educational Resources production ; a film by Napoleon A. Chagnon and Timothy Asch ; script, Napoleon Chagnon ; produced at the Center for Documentary Anthropology.

Penn Museum Library - Desk DVD F2520.1.Y3 M352 2005
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-2019, director, producer, screenwriter, narrator.
Asch, Timothy, director, producer.
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), distributor.
Brandeis University. Center for Documentary Anthropology, producer.
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Yanomamo series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Yanomamo Indians.
Indians of South America--Venezuela.
Indians of South America.
Venezuela.
Anthropological ethics.
Anthropology--Fieldwork.
Anthropology.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, [2005]
System Details:
DVD-R, NTSC.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Follows anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon as he collects anthropological field data (over 36 months spead over 8 years) among the Yanomamo Indians of southern Venezuela. It is both an examination of Yanomamo culture, and the "functional prerequisites" of culture, including demography, territory/technology, social organization, language and ideology.
Credits:
Photography, Timothy Asch ; additional photgraphy, Napoleon Chagnon ; animation photography, George W. Hughes, Vic Rossi ; animation art, Peter Kaufman ; editor, Frank Galvin ; narrated by Napoleon Chagnon.
Notes:
Produced at the Center for Documentary Anthropology.
"Part of the Yanomamo series"--Container.
Originally produced in 1974.
Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
OCLC:
61187222

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