- Foreword [Jean Malaurie]
- Maps
- 1. The Yanomami Territory in Brazil (Terra Indígena Yanomami)
- 2. Location of the Terra Indígena Yanomami
- 3. Detailed map of the Terra Indígena Yanomami (cited Portuguese toponyms)
- 4. Detailed map of the Terra Indígena Yanomami (cited Yanomami toponyms)
- 5. Location of cited ethnic groups
- Setting the Scene [Bruce Albert]
- The Yanomami in Brazil
- Davi Kopenawa, Shaman and Yanomami Spokesperson
- Bruce Albert, Anthropologist
- The Meeting
- The Book
- Orthography, Pronunciation, and Glossaries
- Words Given
- I. Becoming Other
- 1. Drawn Words
- 2. The First Shaman
- 3. The Xapiri’s Gaze
- 4. The Animal Ancestors
- 5. The Initiation
- 6. Spirits’ Houses
- 7. Image and Skin
- 8. The Sky and the Forest
- II. Metal Smoke
- 9. Outsider Images
- 10. First Contacts
- 11. The Mission
- 12. Becoming a White Man?
- 13. The Road
- 14. Dreaming the Forest
- 15. Earth Eaters
- 16. Cannibal Gold
- III. The Falling Sky
- 17. Talking to White People
- 18. Stone Houses
- 19. Merchandise Love
- 20. In the City
- 21. From One War to Another
- 22. The Flowers of Dream
- 23. The Spirit of the Forest
- 24. The Shamans’ Death
- Words of Omama
- How This Book Was Written [Bruce Albert]
- Appendixes
- A. Ethnonym, Language, and Orthography
- B. The Yanomami in Brazil
- C. Watoriki
- D. The Haximu Massacre
- Notes
- Ethnobiological Glossary
- Geographic Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index
The Falling Sky
Words of a Yanomami Shaman
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Book Details
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$39.95 • £25.00 • €30.00
ISBN 9780674724686
Publication: November 2013
Available 10/28/2013
