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The spears of twilight : life and death with the last free tribe of the Amazon

The Spears of Twilight is the extraordinary story of three years among the legendary Jivaro Indians of South America by Philippe Descola, a student of Claude Levi-Strauss. Isolated in the jungle of the Upper Amazon on the border of Ecuador and Peru, the Achuar are a tribe of Jivaros whose reputation for headhunting has kept them safe for centuries from incursions by whites. The Spears of Twilight is the story of Descola's years among them and a tribute to their.

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  • "lances du crépuscule"
  • "Lances du crépuscule"@en
  • "Lances du crépuscule"

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  • "The Spears of Twilight is the extraordinary story of three years among the legendary Jivaro Indians of South America by Philippe Descola, a student of Claude Levi-Strauss. Isolated in the jungle of the Upper Amazon on the border of Ecuador and Peru, the Achuar are a tribe of Jivaros whose reputation for headhunting has kept them safe for centuries from incursions by whites. The Spears of Twilight is the story of Descola's years among them and a tribute to their."@en
  • "The Spears of Twilight is the extraordinary story of three years among the legendary Jivaro Indians of South America by Philippe Descola, a student of Claude Levi-Strauss. Isolated in the jungle of the Upper Amazon on the border of Ecuador and Peru, the Achuar are a tribe of Jivaros whose reputation for headhunting has kept them safe for centuries from incursions by whites. The Spears of Twilight is the story of Descola's years among them and a tribute to their."
  • "Resistance. Chronicling his growing intellectual and emotional intimacy with the Achuar, Descola leads the reader through the joys and sorrows of their daily life: the drama of their remarkable belligerence, the poetry of their magical songs, and the excitement of their mystic encounters with the spirits of ancestors. The Spears of Twilight is also a fascinating narrative of Descola's gradual comprehension of the Achuar's consciousness; through the book a sophisticated."
  • "Resistance. Chronicling his growing intellectual and emotional intimacy with the Achuar, Descola leads the reader through the joys and sorrows of their daily life: the drama of their remarkable belligerence, the poetry of their magical songs, and the excitement of their mystic encounters with the spirits of ancestors. The Spears of Twilight is also a fascinating narrative of Descola's gradual comprehension of the Achuar's consciousness; through the book a sophisticated."@en
  • "And unusual cosmology emerges that deeply undermines our own understanding of time, religion, nature, and society."@en
  • "And unusual cosmology emerges that deeply undermines our own understanding of time, religion, nature, and society."
  • "L'auteur, anthropologue, a partagé, pendant trois ans la vie des Jivaros qui vivent dans la Haute-Amazonie, aux confins de l'Equateur et du Pérou. Il décrit, dans cet ouvrage, la vie, les coutumes, les traditions de ce peuple."

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  • "Les lances du crépuscule : Relations jivaros, Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Les Lances du crépuscule : relations jivaros, Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule relations jivaros ; Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : relations Jivaros, Haute Amazonie"
  • "Leben und Sterben in Amazonien bei den Jívaro-Indianern"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : Relations jivaros, Haute Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule"
  • "The Spears of twilight : life and death in the Amazon jungle"
  • "Las lanzas del crepúsculo : relatos jíbaros, alta amazonia"@es
  • "Les lances du crépuscule relations jivaros, Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule relations Jivaros Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : relations Jivaros. Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crepuscule : relations jivaros, Haute Amazonie"
  • "Las Lanzas del crepúsculo : relatos jíbaros : Alta Amazonia"
  • "Les lances du crepuscule : relations jivaros Hante-Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : relations Jivaros, Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : relations jivaros, Haute Amazonie"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : relations jivaros, Haute-Amazonie"
  • "The spears of twilight : life and death with the last free tribe of the Amazon"@en
  • "The spears of twilight : life and death with the last free tribe of the Amazon"
  • "The spears of twilight life and death in the Amazon jungle"@en
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : relations jivaros ; haute-amazonie"
  • "The Spears of twilight"
  • "Les lances du crépuscule : Les Jivaros en Haute-Amazonie"
  • "Leben und Sterben in Amazonien : bei den Jívaro-Indianern"
  • "The spears of twilight : life and death in the Amazon jungle"@en
  • "The spears of twilight : life and death in the Amazon jungle"

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