| Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians Revised Edition Contributor(s): Clastres, Pierre (Author), Auster, Paul (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0942299787 ISBN-13: 9780942299786 Publisher: Zone Books OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: Pierre Clastres (1934-1979) was one of the most respected political anthropologists of our time. "Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians" is an account of his first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter with a small, unique, and now vanished Paraguayan tribe. From "Birth" to "The End," Clastres follows the Guayakis in their everyday lives, determined to record every detail of their history, ritual, myths, and culture in order to answer the many questions prompted by his personal experiences. Now available for the first time in English in a beautiful translation by the novelist Paul Auster, "Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians" will alter radically not only the Western academic conventions in which other cultures are thought but also the discipline of political anthropology itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 989.200 |
| Series: Zone Books |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is Pierre Clastres's account of his 1963-64 encounter with this small Paraguayan tribe, a precise and detailed recording of the history, ritual, myths, and culture of this remarkably unique, and now vanished, people. "Determined not to let the slightest detail" escape him or to leave unanswered the many questions prompted by his personal experiences, Clastres follows the Guayaki in their everyday lives. Now available for the first time in a stunningly beautiful translation by Paul Auster, Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians radically alters not only the Western academic conventions in which other cultures are thought but also the discipline of political anthropology itself. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians was awarded the Alta Prize in nonfiction by the American Literary Translators Association. |
Contributor Bio(s): Clastres, Pierre: - Pierre Clastres (1934-1977) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist who in the wake of the events of May '68, helped overturn anthropological orthodoxy in the 1970s. His books include Society Against the State (1974) and Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians (1972). Eduardo Viveiros de Castro is a Brazilian anthropologist and a professor at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. |