Kinship with monkeys : the Guaja foragers of eastern Amazonia / Loretta A. Cormier ; with original illustrations by James P. Cormier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cormier, Loretta A.

Series:

Historical ecology series.

The historical ecology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guajá Indians.

Guajá Indians--Ethnozoology.

Monkeys--Brazil--Maranhao.

Monkeys.

Human-animal relationships--Brazil--Maranhao.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2003.

Summary:

How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guajá animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life -- especially monkeys -- have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Orthography; Introduction; 1. A Brief History of the Guaja; 2. A Brief History of the New World Monkeys; 3. Monkey Hunting; 4. Guaja Kinship; 5. Animism and the Forest Siblings; 6. Pet Monkeys; 7. Cosmology and Symbolic Cannibalism; Conclusion: Ethnoprimatology in Amazonia and Beyond; Appendix: Monkeys in the Guaja Habitat; References; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-218) and index.

OCLC:

827480760