Kinship with Monkeys : The Guajá Foragers of Eastern Amazonia
Guajá Indians Human-animal relationships Monkeys sähkökirjat SPORTS & Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin Social Sciences Social Structures, Social Interaction, Population, Social Anthropology Sociology RELIGION SPORTS & RECREATION
Columbia University Press
2003
EISBN 9780231516327
How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guajá animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life--especially monkeys--have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system.
