Yanomamö: The Fierce People
1968 book by Napoleon Chagnon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yanomamö: The Fierce People is a 1968 book by American cultural anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon. It is an ethnographic study of the Yanomami people of the Amazon.[1][2]
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Authors | Napoleon Chagnon |
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Language | English |
Subject | anthropological study of Yanomami |
Publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
Publication date | 1968 |
Pages | xiv, 142 |
ISBN | 9780030710704 |
OCLC | 68650 |
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The book has become a bestseller and widely used in university anthropology classes. It has also been controversial for its depiction of Yanomamö society as particularly violent, and Chagnon's interpretation that this characteristic is a result of biological differences acquired through natural selection.[3]