Getting to Know Waiwai

An Amazonian Ethnography

Alan Campbell

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Routledge
17 August 1995

Indigenous peoples; Anthropology; Forests, rainforests; Deforestation

Alan Campbell tells the story of the Wayapi people and Waiwai, their charismatic leader. He tells of the time he spent with them, in an account that looks forward to Wayapi survivors 100 years from now and considers what will be left with them as the destruction of the Amazon forest proceeds. In doing so, he addresses important and complex issues in current anthroplogical theory in a way which makes them accessible without sacrificing any of their subtlety.

By: Alan Campbell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9780415125574
ISBN 10: 041512557X
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 17 August 1995
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan Tormaid Campbell teaches Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University. He is the author of To Square with Genesis: Causal Statements and Shamanic Ideas in Wayapí (Polygon, 1990) and has been involved with the Wayapí Indians since 1974.

Reviews for Getting to Know Waiwai: An Amazonian Ethnography

... classic ethnography about a group of people called the Wayapi...Campbell appropriates verses from Thoreau, Blake, Wordsworth, and Shakespeare...one of the last anthropologists to experience such an untouched culture in the face of the increasing transnationalism and western materialism. Salient issues of forced development, modernization, and assimilation are presented in a well organized and lucid monograph. Its descriptive content (even with its romance ) is refreshing in a generation where many contemporary studies have become preoccupied with global transculturalisms.. - Chicago Anthropology Exchange