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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsTristes Tropiques (73 Edition)by Claude Levi-strauss
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Publisher Comments:First published in 1955, Claude Levi-Strauss's accounts of his researches among the peoples of the Amazon is a fascinating study and influential in understanding the organization of human society. He writes of myths and superstitions, modern cities and ancient villages, and each page is packed with anecdotes and observations. Photos & illus. throughout.
Synopsis:"A magical masterpiece."—Robert Ardrey. A chronicle of the author's search for a civilization "reduced to its most basic expression." Table of ContentsTRANSLATORS' NOTE PART ONE. AN END TO JOURNEYING 1. Setting Out 2. On Board Ship 3. The West Indies 4. The Quest for Power PART TWO. TRAVEL NOTES 5. Looking Back 6. The Making of an Anthropologist 7. Sunset PART THREE. THE NEW WORLD 8. The Doldrums 9. Guanabara 10. Crossing the Tropic 11. Sao Paulo PART FOUR. THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS 12. Towns and Countryside 13. Pioneer Zone 14. The Magic Carpet 15. Crowds 16. Markets PART FIVE. CADUVEO 17. Parana 18. Pantanal 19. Nalike 20. A Native Community and Its Life-Style PART SIX. BORORO 21. Gold and Diamonds 22. Virtuous Savages 23. The Living and the Dead PART SEVEN. NAMBIKWARA 24. The Lost World 25. In the Sertao 26. On the Line 27. Family Life 28. A Writing Lesson 29. Men, Women and Chiefs PART EIGHT. TUPI-KAWAHIB 30. A Canoe Trip 31. Robinson Crusoe 32. In the Forest 33. The Village of the Crickets 34. The Farce of the Japim Bird 35. Amazonia 36. Seringal PART NINE. THE RETURN 37. The Apotheosis of Augustus 38. A Little Glass of Rum 39. Taxila 40. The Kyong INDEX PLATES CADUVEO A Caduveo woman with a painted face A Caduveo belle in 1895 (taken from Boggiani) Facial painting: an original drawing by a Caduveo woman Two further facial paintings drawn by natives A Caduveo girl made ready for her puberty rites BORORO The author's best informant, in ceremonial dress A meal in the Men's House Bringing out the mariddo A funeral ceremony (photograph by M. Rene Silz) NAMBIRWARA The Nambikwara group on the move Sabane, the sorcerer The chief of the Wakletocu A Nambikwara woman piercing mother-of-pearl from river shells The siesta The native method of carrying a baby Day-dreaming A Nambikwara smile TUPI-KAWAHIB The Munde village square A Munde woman with her child A Tupi-Kawahib man (Potien) skinning a monkey Taperahi, the Tupi-Kawahib chief Kunhatsin, Taperahi's chief wife, carrying her child Pwcreza, Taperahi's son Penhana, the young wife shared by the two brothers Maruabai, the co-wife of Chief Taperahi FIGURES 1 An ancient figa, found at Pompeii 2 A calvary cross, from the State of Sao Paulo 3 The axle of an ox-cart 4 Caingang pottery 5 A water-jar 6 Three specimens of Caduveo pottery 7 Two wooden statuettes 8 Caduveo jewerery 9 Two statuettes representing mythological figures 10 11 Caduveo patterns 12 17 Motifs used in body painting 18 19 Drawings made by a Caduveo boy 20 Two face-paintings 21 A pattern painted on leather 22 23 Body paintings, as recorded in 1895 and 1935 24 25 Motifs used in face- and body-painting 26 A facial painting 27 The penis sheath 28 A lip ornament and earrings 29 Plan of Kejara village 30 A wooden club for killing fish 31 Bows with clan decorations 32 Arrow-ends with clan decorations 33 Emblazoned penis sheaths 34 A black pottery bowl 35 Two specimens of the Bororo 'pocket-knife' 36 A pendant decorated with jaguars' teeth 37 Crowns of dried and painted straw 38 A bull-roarer 39 Ceremonial earrings 40 A Bororo painting representing religious objects 41 A Bororo painting representing an officiant, trumpets, a rattle and various ornaments 42 A diadem of macaw feathers 43 A diagram of the apparent and real structure of the Bororo village 44 45 Ancient Mexicans, from south-eastern Mexico and the Gulf Coast 46 47 Bas-reliefs ('the dancers'), from Chavin, northern Peru, and Monte Alban, southern Mexico 48 Hopewell, eastern United States 49 Chavin, northern Peru 50 Hopewell, eastern United States 51 Bamboo splinters defending the approach to the village 52 53 Details of hut wall-paintings
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