@article{10.4159/harvard.,
      author = {Kopenawa, Davi. and Albert, Bruce, and Dundy, Alison. and  Elliott, Nicholas.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/701495},
      title = {The falling sky words of a Yanomami shaman / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Harvard University Press,},
      abstract = {"The Falling Sky is a remarkable first-person account of  the life story and cosmoecological thought of Davi  Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the  Brazilian Amazon. Representing a people whose very  existence is in jeopardy, Davi Kopenawa paints an  unforgettable picture of Yanomami culture, past and  present, in the heart of the rain forest--a world where  ancient indigenous knowledge and shamanic traditions cope  with the global geopolitics of an insatiable natural  resources extraction industry. In richly evocative  language, Kopenawa recounts his initiation and experience  as a shaman, as well as his first encounters with  outsiders: government officials, missionaries, road  workers, cattle ranchers, and gold prospectors. He vividly  describes the ensuing cultural repression, environmental  devastation, and deaths resulting from epidemics and  violence. To counter these threats, Davi Kopenawa became a  global ambassador for his endangered people. The Falling  Sky follows him from his native village in the Northern  Amazon to Brazilian cities and finally on transatlantic  flights bound for European and American capitals. These  travels constitute a shamanic critique of Western  industrial society, whose endless material greed, mass  violence, and ecological blindness contrast sharply with  Yanomami cultural values." -- Publisher's description.},
      number = {10.4159/harvard.},
      recid = {701495},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 622 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of  plates) :},
      address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts :},
      year = {2013},
}