Title: The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman /
Authors: Kopenawa, Davi; Albert, Bruce, 1952-; Albert, Bruce, 1952-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Kopenawa, Davi; Shamans Brazil Biography.; Yanomamo Indians Brazil Biography.; Yanomamo Indians History; Shamanism Brazil History
Abstract: The shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami tribe of the Brazilian Amazon describes the culture conflicts his people have faced in Western industrial society and global politics, issuing a plea for the native peoples of the Amazon.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: I.BECOMING OTHER -- 1.Drawn Words -- 2.The First Shaman -- 3.The Xapiri's Gaze -- 4.The Animal Ancestors -- 5.The Initiation -- 6.Spirits' Houses -- 7.Image and Skin -- 8.The Sky and the Forest -- II.METAL SMOKE -- 9.Outsider Images -- 10.First Contacts -- 11.The Mission -- 12.Becoming a White Man? -- 13.The Road -- 14.Dreaming the Forest -- 15.Earth Eaters -- 16.Cannibal Gold -- III.THE FALLING SKY -- 17.Talking to White People -- 18.Stone Houses -- 19.Merchandise Love -- 20.In the City -- 21.From One War to Another -- 22.The Flowers of Dream -- 23.The Spirit of the Forest -- 24.The Shamans' Death -- Words of Omama -- How This Book Was Written.