Pierre Clastres (1934-1979) was one of the most respected political
anthropologists of our time. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an account of his
first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter with a small, unique, and now
vanished Paraguayan tribe. From "Birth" to "The End," Clastres follows the Guayakis
in their everyday lives, determined to record every detail of their history, ritual,
myths, and culture in order to answer the many questions prompted by his personal
experiences. Now available for the first time in English in a beautiful translation
by the novelist Paul Auster, Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians will alter radically
not only the Western academic conventions in which other cultures are thought but
also the discipline of political anthropology itself.
anthropologists of our time. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an account of his
first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter with a small, unique, and now
vanished Paraguayan tribe. From "Birth" to "The End," Clastres follows the Guayakis
in their everyday lives, determined to record every detail of their history, ritual,
myths, and culture in order to answer the many questions prompted by his personal
experiences. Now available for the first time in English in a beautiful translation
by the novelist Paul Auster, Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians will alter radically
not only the Western academic conventions in which other cultures are thought but
also the discipline of political anthropology itself.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780942299779
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-942299-77-9
- Verlag: Zone Books
- Erscheinungstermin: 16.03.1998
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 1998
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 454 g
- Seiten: 352
- Format (B x H x T): 152 x 203 x 25 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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