The Canela: Kindship, Ritual, and Sex in an Amazonian Tribe

by William H. Crocker and Jean G. Crocker

Book Overview

This text is a case study of one people, the Canela, which traces changes through time, a group uniquely held together by social and sexual bonds, and reveals the ethnographer's fieldwork practices.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534174914
• ISBN13: 9780534174910
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Great ethnography about a very facinating people.

William and his wife Jean are very successful in executing a both interesting and seemingly accurate investigation of the Canela. Like Chagnon's book Yanomamo, but less harmful,Crocker's, The Canela keeps the reader reading. The introduction sets the scene well and the historical context chapter is helpful in understanding the tribe and its origin. The following chapters on bonding through kinship, ritual and sex are easily understood. I also enjoyed the epilogue which answered a few of my questions on the Canelas current state. All in all, a successful ethnography.