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Keep the River on Your Right
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 985.00498
EAN: 9780802131331
ISBN: 0802131336
Label: Grove Press
Manufacturer: Grove Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: January 12, 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Studio: Grove Press
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Editorial Review:
In 1955, armed with a penknife and instructions to keep the river on his right, Brooklyn-born artist Tobias Schneebaum set off into the jungles of Peru in search of a tribe of cannibals. Forgoing all contact with civilization, he lived as a brother with the Akaramas –– shaving and painting his body, hunting with Stone Age weapons, sleeping in the warmth of the body-pile.
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Rating:  - What an amazing journey!
This writer was so far ahead of his time! What a courageous journey, to step out on faith to find the core of man; "gone primitive," as they say. And we call ourselves civilized? Who are we to judge?
This man acknowledges his own cannabilistic behavior within the context of his living in a tribe where this behavior was common. It was not premeditated, at least according to him, nor did he have any idea where he was going or what the plan was when he was girded up for war with the tribe ... Read More
Rating: - Prepare for an armchair jungle excursion!
Schneebaum takes you on a sensual adventure in the jungle in this richly detailed book. Since the author is an Anthropologist with an interest in homosexuality, parts of the book on male bonding and cannibalism are so honest and clearly described that some readers may feel uncomfortable. I found the author's frankness refreshing, and I recommend the accompanying DVD that shows what has happened to the "cannibalistic" tribe since Schneebaum was there in 1955.
Rating: - Keep the river on your right
This is an excellent book. Rarely do I read a book where it would be difficult to imagine myself in the author's place. Mr. Shneebaum's outlook on the world around him and his approach to the events in this book were refreshing and new to me. This was as satisfying as finding a new food to love. I was amazed at this man's lack of fear. At present people seems to gauge another's fear by what extrodonary stunts and adrinaline rush's they persue. But this man is the most fearless man I have ever read about. ... Read More
Rating: - Keep an open mind..... and the river on your right.
Schneebaum is an unusual man. When you first hear of him you might think maybe too unusual. Thats where you need to look at the man and his journey from a larger perspective. The book has much to tell us about about respect for other cultures and about how to relate to people who don't see the world in the same way we do. If you keep an open mind, you will enjoy getting inside the mind of a very caring and empathetic man.
Rating: - An Anthropological Memoir
We see from Stephen O. Murray and his ilk, a desire to suppress this important journey and its journal, by pretending it is not `scientific'. Schneebaum describes himself as a 'Painter' - not an anthropologist, and nor does he attempt to write in a scientific way.
Insight into our own ignorance is an important part of scientific study; on occasion it can be a sufficient condition. I congratulate Schneebaum for making this and other journeys, and for the memoirs these create.
This is most certainly ... Read More
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