The Return of Napoleon Chagnon: On American “Cowboys” and Amazonian Indians, again

The immediate motive for the writing of this paper is the renewed interest in the controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, whose name, scientific work and authority (or the dubious value thereof) is firmly linked to the Yanomami people of South America. The image of the “paleolithic -neolithic...

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Autor principal:	Gordana Gorunović
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Lenguaje:	EN FR SR
Publicado:	University of Belgrade 2016
Materias:	Napoleon Chagnon American cultural anthropology Yanomami anthropological controversies sociobiology/ecology of human behavior tribal societies Anthropology GN1-890
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f4c14816ab544c2489746033763f0d722021-12-02T07:55:13ZThe Return of Napoleon Chagnon: On American “Cowboys” and Amazonian Indians, again10.21301/eap.v8i2.100353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/f4c14816ab544c2489746033763f0d722016-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/135https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801The immediate motive for the writing of this paper is the renewed interest in the controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, whose name, scientific work and authority (or the dubious value thereof) is firmly linked to the Yanomami people of South America. The image of the “paleolithic -neolithic” warrior culture of the Yanomami in the contemporary world, which was construed by the American anthropologist through his books and ethnographic films, was received by millions of people all over the world, including members of the Yanomami community. At the turn of the 21st century, this image backfired at its author, his ethnographic subjects and the discipline itself, and began to disintegrate. The ensuing controversies are the topic of this paper.Gordana GorunovićUniversity of BelgradearticleNapoleon ChagnonAmerican cultural anthropologyYanomamianthropological controversiessociobiology/ecology of human behaviortribal societiesAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 8, Iss 2 (2016)
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description	The immediate motive for the writing of this paper is the renewed interest in the controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, whose name, scientific work and authority (or the dubious value thereof) is firmly linked to the Yanomami people of South America. The image of the “paleolithic -neolithic” warrior culture of the Yanomami in the contemporary world, which was construed by the American anthropologist through his books and ethnographic films, was received by millions of people all over the world, including members of the Yanomami community. At the turn of the 21st century, this image backfired at its author, his ethnographic subjects and the discipline itself, and began to disintegrate. The ensuing controversies are the topic of this paper.
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The Return of Napoleon Chagnon: On American “Cowboys” and Amazonian Indians, again

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