Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Maps
General Preface
Preface

Introduction: The Harakmbut

PART I

Preface: Myth and Relativity
Chapter 1. Death and Salvation: The Story of Wanamey
Chapter 2. Gender: Social and Cosmological Exchange
Chapter 3. Time through Space: House and Community
Chapter 4. Descent of Man and Exchange of Women

PART II

Preface: Nature and Potentiality
Chapter 5. The Defeat of Death: The Story of Marinke
Chapter 6. Keeping Body and Soul Together
Chapter 7. Sickness and Death
Chapter 8. Being Invisible: The Spirits

PART III

Preface: History and Creativity
Chapter 9. Aiwe and the Papa
Chapter 10. The Great War - The Rubber Boom
Chapter 11. Christian Invasion
Chapter 12. The Arakmbut Community and the Gold Rush

Conclusion

Orthography
Glossary of main Arakmbut Words used in Text
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Andrew Gray was, until his untimely death in 1999, Tutor in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He was also a leading activist in indigenous rights, advising the Forest Peoples Programme and the International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) among other organizations.

Reviews

"...splendid and innovative ethnography... highly topical, well written, intellectually highly interesting, and often avant-garde... sophisticated and honest discussions..." - Joanna Overing, London School of Economics