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Where the Spirits Dwell: An Odyssey in the Jungle of New Guinea
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.70899922
EAN: 9780802131669
ISBN: 0802131662
Label: Grove Press
Manufacturer: Grove Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: March 08, 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Studio: Grove Press
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Editorial Review:
Tobias Schneebaum here tells the remarkable story of his four years among the Asmat of New Guinea, a jungle-dwelling people rumored to have killed Michael Rockefeller. Instead of ferocious cannibals, Schneebaum found a regal, gentle people who freely accepted him and initiated him into a way of life no outsider had ever seen before.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - word
I read this book and enjoyed it. Tobias is an off the books type of person, who is haphazardly entering upon territory in a why that is both remarkable but beyond the responsible range of any anthropologist. the other person reveiwing this book says that the Asmat regions are now civilized, so much the worse. there are traits common to the humanistic tradition which have thrived for millenia due to thier geografic remoteness, now the origins of our collective character is being usurped by values ... Read More
Rating:  - An Odyssey...but not thee kind I wanted
A nice read but a bit too much about the author rather than about the people of New Guinea.
Rating: - Where few men or women have gone before
I read this book as a follow up to "Keep The River On Your Right". Again, Tobias takes us where few of us have ventured before. This exploration takes us to the primative people of New Guinea. Tobias gives us an excellent narrative of encounters with the people. In addition, we have insight to the politics and policies of the 1970's, when these people are invaded by the outside world as the need for natural resources become greater. Those who are interested in primative cultures, anthropology ... Read More
Rating:  - Interesting
Having visited the region where this book is set I found it mostly interesting for giving a picture of how things used to be there - they are much changed today!
For those who haven't been to the Asmat region of New Guinea, this will be a fascinating read. Those inspired to go should be prepared to find it a lot more civilized these days.
Rating: - outrageous but true account of life among headhunters
I read this at the suggestion of a drugged counter culture english teach in 1969 need I say more, the actual acount of Tobia's stay among the headhunters, where all other journalists who were dropped there and eaten, Tobias sheds his clothes and embraces the tribesmen and becomes one
this left such an impression on me that 30 years later i can remember all of it
going on hunts and cutting the enemy tribes limbs and heads and pileing them neatly and eating the hearts first to release thier ... Read More
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