02942nam 22006731 450 991078945220332120211014025621.00-674-72707-X0-674-72611-110.4159/harvard.9780674726116(CKB)3710000000054881(EBL)3301355(SSID)ssj0000941124(PQKBManifestationID)12405981(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941124(PQKBWorkID)10956369(PQKB)10411344(DE-B1597)209587(OCoLC)1013948655(OCoLC)900720698(DE-B1597)9780674726116(Au-PeEL)EBL3301355(CaPaEBR)ebr10791245(OCoLC)862746196(MiAaPQ)EBC3301355(EXLCZ)99371000000005488120131111d2013 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe falling sky words of a Yanomami shaman /Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert ; translated by Nicholas Elliott and Alison DundyCambridge, Masschusetts :The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,2013.1 online resource (690 p.)Translation of: La chute du ciel : paroles d'un chaman yanomami. ©2010.0-674-72468-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-607) and index.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 --IndexAnthropologist 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.ShamanismBrazilHistory20th centuryShamansBrazilBiographyYanomamo IndiansHistory20th centuryYanomamo IndiansBrazilBiographyShamanismHistoryShamansYanomamo IndiansHistoryYanomamo Indians305.898/92Kopenawa Davi1516184Albert Bruce1952-1516185Dundy Alison1516186MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789452203321The falling sky3752479UNINA