Kinship with Monkeys: The Guajá Foragers of Eastern Amazonia

Loretta A. Cormier

Paper, 288 pages, 10 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12525-3
$36.00 / £21.00

October, 2003
Cloth, 288 pages, 10 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12524-6
$82.50 / £48.50

"An appendix on various New World monkeys, an outstanding bibliography, and a detailed index complement the text. Recommended." — Choice

"This book is an enchanting introduction to the world of anthropology for students and enthusiasts alike." — Carlotta Maggio & Elisabetta Visalberghi, American Journal of Primatology

"very interesting reading...the principal beneficiaries of this book will be social and cultural anthropologists and ethnologists" — Eckhard W. Heymann, Current Anthropology

"Cormier presents a readable and enjoyable account of the Guajá and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of various primate species." — Journal of Anthropological Research



"The best example yet of an emerging field called ethnoprimatology... Cormier deserves high praise." — W.C. McGrew, Human Ecology

Related Subjects

• Ecology

Series

• Historical Ecology Series

About the Author

Loretta A. Cormier is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

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