264 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Living with the Wayapi, and their charismatic leader Waiwai, is a serious adventure. It is demanding, and can turn dangerous in a moment. The environment is a difficult one, but beautiful and baffling in its richness. And the job of learning about the people is like a journey without end. Alan Campbell tells the story of these people, and of the time he spent with them, in an imaginative,... Read more
Chapter 1 Telling Names; Chapter 2 At Long Hammock; Chapter 3 Other Voices; Chapter 4 Romance; Chapter 5 Four, Fire, and Giving; Chapter 6 Remembering; Chapter 7 Submitting; Chapter 8 Aima;
Biography
Alan Tormaid Campbell teaches Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University. He is the author of To Square with Genesis: Causal Statements and Shamanic Ideas in Wayapí (Polygon, 1990) and has been involved with the Wayapí Indians since 1974.
