Yurupari: Studies of an Amazonian Foundation Myth (book review)

REICHEL-DOLMATOFF, GERARDO. Cambridge, Mass.: Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, 1995. xxxviii + 300 pages. Photographs, summary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$24.95; ISBN 0-945454-08-2

This book consists of four parts: a foreword by Lawrence E. Sullivan; an introduction that reflects on the author's research among the Tukanoan in the Vaupes territory in southeastern Colombia; and two chapters that present and analyze ethnographic data about the Yurupari. The book is undoubtedly a product of indefatigable field research.

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