This collection of the author's Peruvian Cashinahua studies is the product of nearly forty years of study. During the 93 months he lived among the Cashinahua, Kensinger was gradually converted from being a missionary-linguist sent to translate the Bible for them to being an ethnographer-student intent on understanding their culture and communicating this understanding to others. The timing of his arrival in Cashinahua territory in 1955 could hardly have been worse. Another outsider had visited them not long before and had introduced a devastating epidemic that resulted in the death of four out of five Cashinahua. Fear and suspicion of strangers was the natural outcome of this tragic event. Despite this inauspicious beginning, Kensinger came to be known and trusted. Observing and participating in the life of the people he learned their humor, attended their social and religious gatherings, hunted with them, and witnessed the cycle of birth and death. Even during a lengthy absence from the Cashinahua, Kensinger was able to maintain contact with them indirectly via other ethnographers. He recently revisited the group to observe at firsthand the changes that have occurred over the past forty years. During this time, the Cashinahua established schools in their communities, entered the national economy, and increased their population, while still maintaining much of their traditional culture--the way real people ought to live. Kensinger likes and respects these active, bawdy, complex "real people"--and so will readers.
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