The Fish People
Author | : Jean E. Jackson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1983-09-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521278228 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521278225 |
Rating | : 4/5 (225 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Fish People by : Jean E. Jackson
Download or read book The Fish People written by Jean E. Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-09-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bará, or Fish people of the Northwest Amazon form part of a network of intermarrying local communities - each community speaks a different language and marriages must take place between people from different communities with different languages. Here, Jean Jackson discusses Bar· marriage, kinship, spatial organization and other features of their social landscape.