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A Queda do Céu (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (edition 2015)

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Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience--a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.… (more)
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The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman by Davi Kopenawa

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Um grande xamã e porta-voz dos Yanomami oferece neste livro um relato excepcional, ao mesmo tempo testemunho autobiográfico, manifesto xamânico e libelo contra a destruição da floresta Amazônica.
Publicada originalmente em francês em 2010, na prestigiosa coleção Terre Humaine, esta história traz as meditações do xamã a respeito do contato predador com o homem branco, ameaça constante para seu povo desde os anos 1960. A queda do céu foi escrito a partir de suas palavras contadas a um etnólogo com quem nutre uma longa amizade - foram mais de trinta anos de convivência entre os signatários e quarenta anos de contato entre Bruce Albert, o etnólogo-escritor, e o povo de Davi Kopenawa, o xamã-narrador.
A vocação de xamã desde a primeira infância, fruto de um saber cosmológico adquirido graças ao uso de potentes alucinógenos, é o primeiro dos três pilares que estruturam este livro. O segundo é o relato do avanço dos brancos pela floresta e seu cortejo de epidemias, violência e destruição. Por fim, os autores trazem a odisseia do líder indígena para denunciar a destruição de seu povo.
Recheada de visões xamânicas e meditações etnográficas sobre os brancos, esta obra não é apenas uma porta de entrada para um universo complexo e revelador. É uma ferramenta crítica poderosa para questionar a noção de progresso e desenvolvimento defendida por aqueles que os Yanomami - com intuição profética e precisão sociológica - chamam de "povo da mercadoria".
  luizzmendes | Mar 15, 2024 |
A fascinating but lengthy insight into the world of a Yanomami shaman, how he came into contact with the white world and travelled, what he can accept of the modern world, how aspects of his thought reject some white assumptions. A whole spirit-world is revealed. How some missionary efforts have only served to decimate the people with disease. The terrible effect of government attempts to "civilise" and thus destroy people. The ruinous activities of gold prospectors. How people can live in contact with nature by viewing it in a particular way.
  jgoodwll | Feb 20, 2021 |
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Davi Kopenawaprimary authorall editionscalculated
Albert, BruceAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Dundy, AlisonTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Elliott, NicholasTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Malaurie, JeanPrefacesecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience--a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.

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