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Yanomami Warfare - A Political History (Hardcover)
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Yanomami Warfare - A Political History (Hardcover)
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Generations of college students know the Yanomami people of the
Brazil-Venezuela border country as the preeminent example of
"natural" aggression in human society. The reputedly isolated
Yanomami have been portrayed as engaging in almost constant warfare
over women, status, and revenge. Their behavior has been said to
reveal the purely violent side of human nature. In Yanomami
Warfare, R. Brian Ferguson shows that the Yanomami, far from living
in pristine isolation, have been subject to periodic waves of
Western encroachment for the last 350 years. Documenting this
history of contact in comprehensive detail, the author debunks the
popular misconception of the unacculturated Yanomami while creating
a framework for understanding their remarkable history of violence.
Ferguson argues persuasively that the Yanomami make war not because
Western influence is absent, but because it is present. Examining
every recorded instance of warfare among the Yanomami, the author
finds strong support for his contention that the intensive and
bloody conflicts for which some Yanomami are known are a product of
specific historical situations rather than an expression of the
indigenous culture. In the Amazon region, as elsewhere, the
influence of expanding neighboring state systems has increased the
propensity for violence among tribal peoples.
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