Kinship with Monkeys : The Guajá Foragers of Eastern Amazonia.
Title:
Kinship with Monkeys : The Guajá Foragers of Eastern Amazonia.
Author:
Cormier, Loretta A.
ISBN:
9780231516327
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (261 pages)
Series:
Historical Ecology Series
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Orthography -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of the Guajá -- 2. A Brief History of New World Monkeys -- 3. Monkey Hunting -- 4. Guajá 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 Guajá Habitat -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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