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The Broad and the Narrow: Two Views of Native South American Culture

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THE YANOAMA INDIANS: A CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. By SMOLEWILLIAM J. (Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1976. Pp. 272. $10.95.)
MEHINAKU: THE DRAMA OF DAILY LIFE IN A BRAZILIAN INDIAN VILLAGE. By GREGORTHOMAS. (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. Pp. 382. $24.00.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Patricia J. Lyon
Patricia J. Lyon*
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University of California, Berkeley
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , 1981 , pp. 269 - 277
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Copyright © 1981 by the University of Texas Press

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