Other author/creator | Albert, Bruce, 1952- |
Other author/creator | Elliott, Nicholas. |
Other author/creator | Dundy, Alison. |
Other author/creator | McKibben, Bill. |
Uniform title | La chute du ciel. English |
Portion of title |
Words of a Yanomami shaman |
Contents |
Words Given -- Drawn Words -- The First Shaman -- The Xapiri's Gaze -- The Animal Ancestors -- The Initiation -- Spirits' Houses -- Image and Skin -- The Sky and Forest -- Outsider Images -- First Contacts -- The Mission -- Becoming a White Man? -- The Road -- Dreaming the Forest -- Earth Eaters -- Cannibal Gold -- Talking to White People -- Stone Houses -- Merchandise Love -- In the City -- From One War to Another -- The Flowers of Dream -- The Spirit of the Forest -- The Shamans' Death -- Words of Omana. |
Abstract |
"Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience-a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest"-- Provided by publisher. |
General note | First published in French as La chute du ciel: Paroles d'un chaman yanomami, copyright © 2010 PLON. First published in English by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-607) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Translation of | Translation of: Kopenawa, Davi. Chute du ciel. Paris : Plon, 2010 9782259210683 |
Other edition issued | Revision of Kopenawa, Davi. La chute du ciel. English. Falling sky. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2013] 9780674724686 |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2022047285 |
ISBN | 9780674292130 (paperback) |