The Xilixana Yanomami of the Amazon
Subtitle: History, Social Structure, and Population Dynamics
Edition: First edition
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: May 21, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780813017624
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Social & cultural anthropology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Archaeology; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Latin America - South America; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Anthropology - General; Brazil; Macajai River Valley; Macajaâi River Valley; Population; Social conditions; Yanomamo Indians
Description: "The Xilixana Yanomami, an Indian tribe of the northern Amazon Basin in Brazil, have been widely studied as the largest indigenous people to retain a traditional way of life. This book presents the most complete account available of the Yanomami before and after their encounter with the modern world.".

"Recapturing details of the group's history and demography back to 1930, the authors describe the fortunes and misfortunes of the Yanomami over a period of nearly seven decades, including 28 years prior to their first contact with the outside world. For each of eight villages, they present a complete demographic profile of fertility, mortality, and migration.

They also explain some of the mysteries of Yanomami social structure and offer specific information on both the number and the reasons for the tribe's infanticide, a topic that has received vague treatment in other writing."--BOOK JACKET.