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The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman / Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert ; translated by Nicholas Elliott and Alison Dundy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kopenawa, Davi.
- Standardized Title:
- Chute du ciel. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shamanism--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Shamanism.
- Shamans--Brazil--Biography.
- Shamans.
- Yanomamo Indians--History--20th century.
- Yanomamo Indians.
- Yanomamo Indians--Brazil--Biography.
- Kopenawa, Davi.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (690 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Masschusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- 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
- Notes:
- Translation of: La chute du ciel : paroles d'un chaman yanomami. ©2010.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-607) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 5, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9780674293564
- 0674293568
- 9780674727076
- 067472707X
- 9780674726116
- 0674726111
- OCLC:
- 1013948655
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