Kinship with Monkeys : the Guaja Foragers of Eastern Amazonia.

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...

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Main Author: Cormier, Loretta A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Series:Historical ecology series.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (263 pages).
ISBN:9780231516327
0231516320
0231125259
9780231125253