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Kinship with Monkeys
Loretta A. Cormier
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Description for Kinship with Monkeys
Paperback. How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guaja animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life-especially monkeys-have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMP; PSAF; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Intrigued by a slide showing a woman breast-feeding a monkey, anthropologist Loretta A. Cormier spent fifteen months living among the Guaja, a foraging people in a remote area of Brazil. The result is this ethnographic study of the extraordinary relationship between the Guaja Indians and monkeys. While monkeys are a key food source for the Guaja, certain pet monkeys have a quasi-human status. Some infant monkeys are adopted and nurtured as human children while others are consumed in accordance with the "symbolic cannibalism" of their belief system. The apparent contradiction of this predator/protector relationship became the central theme of ... Read more
Intrigued by a slide showing a woman breast-feeding a monkey, anthropologist Loretta A. Cormier spent fifteen months living among the Guaja, a foraging people in a remote area of Brazil. The result is this ethnographic study of the extraordinary relationship between the Guaja Indians and monkeys. While monkeys are a key food source for the Guaja, certain pet monkeys have a quasi-human status. Some infant monkeys are adopted and nurtured as human children while others are consumed in accordance with the "symbolic cannibalism" of their belief system. The apparent contradiction of this predator/protector relationship became the central theme of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Historical Ecology Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231125253
SKU
V9780231125253
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About Loretta A. Cormier
Loretta A. Cormier is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
Reviews for Kinship with Monkeys
This book is an enchanting introduction to the world of anthropology for students and enthusiasts alike.
Carlotta Maggio & Elisabetta Visalberghi American Journal of Primatology very interesting reading...the principal beneficiaries of this book will be social and cultural anthropologists and ethnologists
Eckhard W. Heymann Current Anthropology Cormier presents a readable and enjoyable account of the Guaja and how ... Read more
Carlotta Maggio & Elisabetta Visalberghi American Journal of Primatology very interesting reading...the principal beneficiaries of this book will be social and cultural anthropologists and ethnologists
Eckhard W. Heymann Current Anthropology Cormier presents a readable and enjoyable account of the Guaja and how ... Read more