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The Bakairi Indians of Brazil: Politics, Ecology, and Change

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I was lucky enough to have Professor Picchi for many a class back in college, and now have finished her book. it is well written and is very simular to her teachings. I enjoyed the book as much as her classes, always a good read!!

I thought that this book would be a bit more wordy. Knowing that some anthropology books tend to get very in depth. I was suprised to find that it related to the non practicing anthropologist in all of us. It was an easy read with very little technical terms, all of which were defined. I enjoyed the fact that Picchi began with a description of fieldwork, not just jumping into the book. I thought that chapter listings at the end of the book makes this book a tool in the classroom as well. Overall this book is a well documented account of a native american group few people know about

I was required to read this book for a topics class at my university. So, of course, I thought it would be rather dull. However, many of my classmates and myself have found this book to be an easy, informative read; Picchi's look at the Bakairi culture is amazing! Personally, I was more interested in the anthropology aspect of this text, so the chapters on ecology and the long chapter about the definition of "fieldwork" did not interest me. For someone studying to be an anthropologist, however, this would be a very good book to look into. For anyone who doesn't know anything about native Amazonians-- believe me, you'll want to learn a whole lot more about them after you read this book! It is such a fascinating topic that I wonder why it isn't researched by more people and even more students.

I would love to review this work. From what I understand it's an extremely interesting book. However, I don't know that yet as the seller I ordered this from hasn't seen fit to send it to me nor has she responded to my e-mails where I asked her about them.