Book
The Wanano Indians of the Brazilian Amazon: a sense of space
University of Texas Press • Austin • Published In 1993 • Pages:
By: Chernela, Janet Marion.
Abstract
This work is a study of the Wanano Indians, a Native American society located in the Uaupés River Basin in the northwest Amazon of Brazil. This group is characterized by a distinct language, name, ancestral history, rigidly bounded descent groups, and ascribed social statuses. In Wanano terms these amount to vertical and horizontal 'placements', and it is in this latter aspect -- the system of placement or rank -- upon which this book focuses (p. 1). In addition to the author's two theoretical models by means of which she attempts to explain ranked society, this document contains an abundance of data on the political significance of intergroup marriage, European-Indian contacts, the effects of missionization on Wanano society, social organization, kinship, songs, ecology, the economy, and inter-sib conflicts.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1998
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field Date
- 1978-ca.1980
- Coverage Date
- 1616-ca.1980
- Coverage Place
- Wanano Indians; Yapima village, Uaupés River Basin, northwest Amazon, Brazil
- Notes
- Janet M. Chernela
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-175) and index
- LCCN
- 92004734
- LCSH
- Tukano Indians