William Curtis Farabee: The Central Arawaks

Cover: 9781108006248 | The Central Arawaks | William Curtis Farabee | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

In 1913, ethnologist and explorer William Curtis Farabee set out to document the Arawak tribes of northern Brazil and southern British Guiana, a three-year journey that led him far into the unmapped regions of the Amazon River basin. His meticulous observations comprise The Central Arawaks, first published in 1918 and still one of the most comprehensive accounts of the peoples living along the northern tributaries of the Amazon River. The Wapisiana, Ataroi, Taruma, and Mapidian tribes numbered fewer than 1,500 at the time of Farabee's voyage; his detailed record of their daily life preserves a vision of these vulnerable cultures at a crucial point in their history, offering insight into their languages, social structures, and cosmologies. A testament to an ethnologist whose achievements were once hailed as 'monumental', this reissued edition also brings renewed attention to William Farabee, whose influence on Anglo-American anthropological exploration is still felt today.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Geographical environment; 2. The Wapisianas; 3. Atarois; 4. Tarumas; 5. Mapidians; 6. Destruction of the Cilikunas; 7. The Nikarikaru; 8. White Indians; 9. Tribes of women; 10. Petroglyphs; 11. Bibliography.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108006248
ISBN-10:	1108006248
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Farabee, William Curtis
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	244 x 170 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	William Curtis Farabee
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.09.2009
Gewicht:	0,595 kg