41675X1 First Printing. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Milwaukee and London: 1995. 346 pages. Softcover. Like New. The Yanomani people of Brazil first attracted anthropological and popular attention in the 1960s, when they were portrayed as essentially primitive and violent in the widely read book Yanomamo: The Fierce People. To this image of the Yanomami another has recently been added: that of victims of the economic rapacity devouring the Amazon. Sanuma Memories moves beyond these images to provide the first anthropologically sophisticated account of the Yanomami and their social organization, kinship, marriage, capturing both individual experiences and the broader sociological trends that engulf them. A poignant personal story as well, it draws on Alcida Ramos's extensive fieldwork among the Sanuma (the northernmost Yanomami subgroup from 1968 to 1992, as she reports on the brutal impact of many invasions - from road construction to the gold rush that brought the Yanomami social chaos, thousands of deaths, devastation of gardens and forest, and a disquietingly uncertain future. Includes an Index. "A masterpiece. This is a book both broad and deep, bother historical and structural, vividly present individuals and placing them in the sweep of social and historical process. A major contribution is the newe perspective it offers on the role of time in the organization of society. It could become an anthropological classic." - Waud Kracke, author of Force and Persuasion: Leadership in an Amazonian Society $30.10USD
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