Essays Tagged: "Yanomami"
The Unokai
In 23 years of field work, Napoleon Chagnon has observed and recorded the histories of 60 Yanomami villages. In recent years, his writings have contributed to the label of the Yanomami as a ... at has brought detriment to their society as a whole. By analyzing Chagnon's interpretations of the Yanomami lifestyle, one sees that his ideas are highly influenced by western standards of life and c ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
Horicultural peoples
in their remote parts of the world. Examining the Hopi tribe of the southwest United States and the Yanomami of Southern Venezuela and Northern Brazil it is obvious to see that they are completely dif ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Chagnon's definition of unokai in regards to the Yanomami.
Napoleon Chagnon has observed and recorded the histories of 60 Yanomami villages. The Yanomamami are Indians that live widely scattered in southern Venezuela and n ... to 80 people, but there may be as few as 40 people or as many as 300 people in a single village.The Yanomami live by a combination of horticulture and foraging. Most of what they eat has been cultivat ... n produce all of its needs from only three hours worth of work per person.One characteristic of the Yanomami is that they are accustomed to violence as a result of their values and culture and because ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
Yanomamo Culture term paper
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Culture
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Do's And Dont's
cates, all the while retaining control over his own consciousness. ( Emerys 2000, paragraph 31) The Yanomami tribe of the Amazon Basin, search out several plants that contain hallucinogenic drugs with ... the spirits into their chests where they will be able to control them for harming healing a fellow Yanomami. (Alvarez 1999, paragraph 41) It is seen here how the hallucinogens affect the individual's ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Anthro
cates, all the while retaining control over his own consciousness. ( Emerys 2000, paragraph 31) The Yanomami tribe of the Amazon Basin, search out several plants that contain hallucinogenic drugs with ... the spirits into their chests where they will be able to control them for harming healing a fellow Yanomami. (Alvarez 1999, paragraph 41) It is seen here how the hallucinogens affect the individual's ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol