People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru (International Museum of Cultures Publication, No 12) [Paperback]

Lucille Eakin (Author), Erwin Lauriault (Contributor), Harry Boonstra (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1986 | ISBN-10: 0883121638 | ISBN-13: 978-0883121634

This book describes the cultures of two closely related language groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo and Conibo. It shares personal observations of their subsistence and economic, social, and political organization. People of the Ucayali looks at their view of medicine and the supernatural and discusses their life cycles.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface

1. Instruction
History
Acculturation

2. Subsistence
Hunting and Fishing
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry
Food Preparation and Consumption

3. Economic Organization and manufacture
External Economic Relations
Property
Manufacture
Transportation

4. Arts, Dress, and Recreation
Attire
Music and Dance
Celebrations

5. Political and Social Organization
Authority Structure
Offences and Sanctions
Social and Residential Structure
Kinship Terminology
Marriage
Clans

6. Man and the Supernatural
Myth
The Spiritual World
Man s Spirit
Magical Plants

7. Medicine
Medical Conditions
Ethnomedicine
Western Medicine

8. Life Cycle
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Childhood
Formal Education
Puberty
Marriage Preparations
Married Life
Termination of Marriage
Death
End of Mourning
Remarriage

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Product Details

• Paperback: 62 pages
• Publisher: Summer Institue of Linguistics (December 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883121638
• ISBN-13: 978-0883121634
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars At Least It's True, January 8, 2008

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Joseph H. Woodside (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru (International Museum of Cultures Publication, No 12) (Paperback)

This is a broad description of the culture of the Shipibo and Conibo Indians of the lowland rain forest of eastern Peru. It is based on at least fifty person years of face to face linguistic, evangelical, and education work with the Indians by three men and women of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL). Plus, it has a Spanish version. Its virtue is that practically all the details I can personally verify are true, and it provides a framework for understanding a living people in an exotic environment. Its heartbreak is that it is so short and its detailed descriptions stand like isolated nuggets whose foci are unfortunately variable. The kinship terminology enjoys the only analysis and the most detail in the book. The report that most delighted me, recalling the work of Jared Diamond on the collisions of civilizations, is that Shipibo-Conibo people are actively domesticating their main game animals including peccary, capybara, and paca, but this is a very shallow area of the book. The SIL'ers - secretive until the end!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, March 20, 2010

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Cory Loriot "gypsy" (fl) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru (International Museum of Cultures Publication, No 12) (Paperback)

This book was written by my husband's grandfather and great-grandfather who were two very intelligent men with a great love of this tribe and intelligence and imagination to match. I have seen many linguistic students use this book as a source for their papers, and know for someone interested in studying this regions languages, it is an indispensible source of first-hand knowledge.