Yanomami The Fierce Controversy and What We Can Learn from It

Name: Yanomami The Fierce Controversy and What We Can Learn from It
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ISBN: 9780520244047

ISBN-10: 0520244044

ISBN-13: 9780520244047

Edition: 2005

Authors: Rob Borofsky, Bruce Albert, Raymond Hames, Kim Hill, Leda Leitao Martins

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Yanomami raises questions central to the field of anthropology--questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself. Using the Yanomami controversy--one of anthropology's most famous and explosive imbroglios--as its starting point, this book draws readers into not only reflecting on but refashioning the very heart and soul of the discipline. It is both the most up-to-date and thorough public discussion of the Yanomami controversy available and an innovative and searching assessment of the current state of anthropology. The Yanomami controversy came to public attention through the publication of Patrick…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 391
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.298



A Note to Teachers


A Personal Note to Undergraduates


Suggested Yanomami/Yanomamï¿½ Films


Helping the Yanomami


Map






The Controversy and the Broader Issues at Stake



Chagnon and Tierney in Their Own Words



How the Controversy Has Played Out in American Anthropology



Broader Issues at Stake in the Controversy



Keeping Yanomami Perspectives in Mind



You Decide



A Platform for Change photographic interlude






Round One



Round Two



Round Three



Three Assessments


Appendix: Summary of the Roundtable


Participants' Positions


References


Index