The Xavante in transition : health, ecology, and bioanthropology in central Brazil / Carlos E.A. Coimbra Jr. ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coimbra Junior, Carlos Everaldo Alvares, 1959-

Series:

Linking levels of analysis.

Linking levels of analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xavante Indians--Population.

Xavante Indians.

Xavante Indians--Health and hygiene.

Xavante Indians--Anthropometry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Xavante in Transition presents a diachronic view of the long and complex interaction between the Xavante, an indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, and the surrounding nation, documenting the effects of this interaction on Xavante health, ecology, and biology. A powerful example of how a small-scale society, buffeted by political and economic forces at the national level and beyond, attempts to cope with changing conditions, this study will be important reading for demographers, economists, environmentalists, and public health workers. . . . an integrated and politically informed anthropology for the new millennium. They show how the local and the regional meet on the ground and under the skin. --Alan H. Goodman, Professor of Biological Anthropology, Hampshire College This volume delivers what it promises. Drawing on twenty-five years of team research, the authors combine history, ethnography and bioanthropology on the cutting edge of science in highly readable form. --Daniel Gross, Lead Anthropologist, The World Bank No doubt it will serve as a model for future interdisciplinary scholarship. It promises to be highly relevant to policy formulation and implementation of health care programs among small-scale populations in Brazil and elsewhere. --Laura R. Graham, Professor of Anthropology, University of Iowa Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr. is Professor of Medical Anthropology at the National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro.Nancy M. Flowers is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College. Francisco M. Salzano is Emeritus Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ricardo V. Santos is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the National School of Public Health and at the National Museum IUFRJ, Rio de Janeiro."

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Guide to Pronunciation of Xavánte Words""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Geographical and Social Setting""; ""3. History: Confrontations and Connections""; ""4. Biological Variability and Continuity""; ""5. Demographic Crisis and Recovery""; ""6. Subsistence, Ecology, and the Development Trap""; ""7. Health Services and Unmet Needs""; ""8. The Burden of Infectious Disease""; ""9. The Emergence of New Diseases""; ""10. The Xavánte in Transition""; ""Notes""

""References""""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-331) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94028-7

9786612940286

0-472-02651-8