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
Summary
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 is for them a lived reality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index
