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Description

1. xiv, 195 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "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 groupxz"--
2. "Huaorani of the Western Snippet documents the changes undergone by the Huaorani of eastern Ecuador over a period of fifty years beginning with the first full contact with Western culture in 1958"--

Uniform title

1. Huaorani Zachodniego Skrawka. English

Alternative title

1. Huaorani Zachodniego Skrawka.

Subject

1. Huao Indians > Religion
2. Huao Indians > Social conditions
3. Huao Indians > Social life and customs
4. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
5. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General

Contents

1. Prologue -- Part I. The Western Snippet: 1. Ecuador ; 2. The Snippet -- Part II. The Snippet's Culture: 3. History ; 4. State of the Art ; 5. Traditional Huaorani Culture and Acculturation ; 6. ONHAE/NAWE; 7. Tageiri ; 8. Huaorani Image in Ecuador -- Part III. Miñe-- A Man of the Snippet: 9. Nanicabo ; 10. Huao ; 11. Miñe ; 12. Tapa -- Epilogue.

Call number

1. JFD 15-5204

Note

1. Translated from the Polish: Huaorani Zachodniego Skrawka.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index.

Author

1. Wierucka, Aleksandra, author.

Title

1. Huaorani of the western snippet / Aleksandra Wierucka.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Copyright date

1. ©2015

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index.

LCCN

1. 2015010012

ISBN

1. 9781137539878 hardcover
2. 1137539879 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFD 15-5204