To Weave and Sing Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rainforest

Name: To Weave and Sing Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rainforest
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ISBN: 9780520071858

ISBN-10: 0520071859

ISBN-13: 9780520071858

Edition: 1989 (Reprint)

Authors: David M. Guss

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To Weave and Sing is the first in-depth analysis of the rich spiritual and artistic traditions of the Carib-speaking Yekuana Indians of Venezuela, who live in the dense rain forest of the upper Orinoco. Within their homeland of Ihuruna, the Yekuana have succeeded in maintaining the integrity and unity of their culture, resisting the devastating effects of acculturation that have befallen so many neighboring groups. Yet their success must be attributed to more than natural barriers of rapids and waterfalls, to more than lack of "contact" with our "modern" world. The ethnographic history recounted here includes not only the Spanish discovery of the Yekuana but detailed indigenous accounts of…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/16/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

David M. Guss is a poet, translator, editor, folklorist, and anthropologist who has lived and worked in various parts of Latin America. He is currently a Mellon Faculty Fellow at Harvard University.