The Cubeo: Indians of the Northwest Amazon

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Full text of Irving Goldman's ethnography of the Cuebo/Kubeo people of the Northwest Amazon

Author(s): Irving Goldman
Edition: Second
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Year: 1979

Language: English
Pages: 315
Tags: cubeo,kubeo

Introduction. 1
The Cubeo Community.24
Economic Life.49
The Sib.90
Kinship.114
Marriage.136
Leadership and Authority.151
Development of the Individual.165
The Ancestor Cult.190
The Drinking Party.202
The Mourning Ceremony.219
Religion.253
Conclusion: Principles and Patterns . . . .273
Bibliography.295
Afterword.299
Index.309