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1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Summary |
A young student of archaeology receives an offer she can't refuse, the chance to live among the Pume, a South American hunting-and-gathering people who call the tropical Venezuelan savannah home. During their time in the village of Doro Ana, the author and the principal researcher study a vanishing way of life in which cash money, the written word, automobiles, and airplanes are rare and frightening intrusions. Yu, adopted into a Pume family, provides an informal personal account of her two years' stay, describing the daily cycles of birth, growth, romance, sickness, healing, and death among the villagers. Yu's journal entries seek to present, through a young American's eyes, a sketch of her Pume family, their heroic struggle to survive in a changing world, and the power, humor, and mystery of the Pume way of life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Yu, Pei-Lin, 1964-
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| SUBJECT |
Yu, Pei-Lin, 1964- fast |
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Women anthropologists -- Venezuela -- Biography
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Yaruro Indians -- Social life and customs
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork
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Women anthropologists -- Venezuela -- Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork
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Women anthropologists
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Alltag
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Erlebnisbericht
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Ethnologie -- Recherche sur le terrain.
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Femmes anthropologues -- Venezuela -- Biographies.
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Pumé (Indiens) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
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Venezuela
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Yaruro.
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97004845 |
| ISBN |
0585187568 |
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9780585187563 |
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