Families of the forest : the Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon /

The idea of a family level society assumes moving, breathing form in Families of the Forest. According to Allen Johnson's ethnography, the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a family level society; the family level of sociocultural integration i...

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Tác giả chính: Johnson, Allen W.
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2003.
Loạt:Hellenistic culture and society ; 43.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnjn2
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  • Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Introduction: Among the Matsigenka; 1 Setting and History; 2 Making a Living; 3 Family Life; 4 Society and Politics; 5 Cosmos; Conclusion: A Family Level Society; Glossary; References Cited; Index.