1. Setting the Scene -- 2. In Search of the Other -- 3. The People from Between the Waters -- 4. Payakan: A Cautionary Tale -- 5. Yanomami Apocalypse -- 6. Davi -- 7. Fit for What?
Summary
The Kayapo and the Yanomami have had direct or indirect contact with the developed world for many decades. Indigenous to the Amazon, they are now internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicised encounters with 'civilisation'. Yet both groups struggle to transcend internal divisions, preserve their traditional culture and defend their land from depredation, while seeking to benefit from the outside world. Placing each group in its historical and evolutionary context, Linda Rabben examines the relationship of the Kayapo and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. Rabben examines why the Kayapo's prospects seem so much more promising than the Yanomami's and draws broad conclusions about the future of indigenous peoples
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index
