Huaorani of the Western Snippet

Huaorani of the Western Snippet
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9781137539885
ISBN-13 : 1137539887
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Book Synopsis Huaorani of the Western Snippet by : Aleksandra Wierucka

Download or read book Huaorani of the Western Snippet written by Aleksandra Wierucka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huaorani of the Western Snippet documents changes that the Huaorani culture of eastern Ecuador underwent over a period of fifty years. Part I focuses on the geographical, historical, sociological and economical background of the Ecuadorian Amazon as well as the problems that indigenous groups of this region face. Part II describes different aspects of Huaorani culture, and its consecutive subsections present research completed by anthropologists in different decades of twentieth century, and the data is reviewed and supplemented with data gathered during my research (2007-2013). Part III explores the life of a Huao man, Miñe, who serves as a local shaman. His different social roles are discussed in consecutive subsections in order to understand what shaped him as a person of the Huaorani group.


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