{"product_id":"under-the-rainbow-jean-paul-dumont-9780292740815","title":"Under the Rainbow: Nature and Supernature among the Panare Indians","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ethnographic study of the Panare Indians of Venezuela is the first extensive look at a tribe of this region of the Amazonia. It is an important book not only because it delves into the myth-filled Panare culture, but also because the author has used a modified version of the structural analysis of Claude Lévi-Strauss in examining the Panare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLévi-Strauss applied his method of structural analysis to the mythology of many societies in Amazonia, but never to any single society. Jean-Paul Dumont has filled that gap and has shown how the approach works in practice when applied to the intensive study of a single, small-scale culture. His book significantly expands the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe work deals specifically with the implicit mythology of the Panare and is concerned with the symbolic activities manifested in the daily behavior of this group. The analysis of the symbolism, explains Dumont, allows for the discovery of the conceptual system through which the Panare conceive of themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe study is organized into two parts: a presentation of the data and an analysis. The presentation includes a geographical and historical account of the Panare and a general ethnological profile. The analysis is organized into the conceptual categories of inhabited space, time, astrosexuality, hearing, and taste. A concluding chapter summarizes the analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest and of value not only to anthropologists but also to linguists, philosophers, psychologists, and others interested in the general intellectual movement represented by French structuralism. The fieldwork for \u003ci\u003eUnder the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e was conducted in Venezuelan Guiana from September 1967 to July 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Paul Dumont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292740816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292740815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Jean-Paul Dumont","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906552582399,"sku":"9780292740815","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_616e18d3-1968-48e5-b6fe-c853f18a8309.jpg?v=1748770761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-the-rainbow-jean-paul-dumont-9780292740815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}