The Xilixana Yanomami of the Amazon : history, social structure, and population dynamics / John D. Early, John F. Peters. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Early, John D.

Contributor:

Peters, John F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yanomamo Indians--Brazil--Mucajaí River.

Yanomamo Indians.

Yanomamo Indians--Population.

Yanomamo Indians--Social conditions.

Yanomamo Indians--Brazil--Macajaí River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 323 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Xilixana Yanomami, an Indian tribe of the northern Amazon Basin in Brazil, have been widely studied as the largest indigenous people to retain a traditional way of life. This book presents the most complete account available of the Yanomami before and after their encounter with the modern world."

"Recapturing details of the group's history and demography back to 1930, the authors describe the fortunes and misfortunes of the Yanomami over a period of nearly seven decades, including 28 years prior to their first contact with the outside world. For each of eight villages, they present a complete demographic profile of fertility, mortality, and migration. They also explain some of the mysteries of Yanomami social structure and offer specific information on both the number and the reasons for the tribe's infanticide, a topic that has received vague treatment in other writing."--Jacket.

Contents:

pt. I. Introduction. 1. The Research

pt. II. History and Ethnography. 2. A Historical Survey of the Yanomami. 3. The Xilixana on the Mucajai River. 4. The Xilixana Village. 5. Contact with the National Society

pt. III. Methodology. 6. Sources and Critical Appraisal of Data for the Years 1959 to 1995. 7. Reconstruction of the Precontact Population and Critical Evaluation of the Database. 8. The Demographic Presentation

pt. IV. The Villages. 9. Village A. 10. Village B. 11. Village C. 12. Village C: Factions and Fission. 13. Village D. 14. Village E. 15. Village F. 16. Village G. 17. Village H

pt. V. Synthetic Views. 18. The Villages Compared. 19. The Population Bloc

pt. VI. Understanding the Yanomami.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-315) and indexes.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8130-2244-4