Waorani:  The Contexts of Violence and War

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A small Waorani boy goes down the trail to the river; his pet night monkey's eyes are tightly closed against the daylight. The book contains the story of the spearing of missionary pilots in  1956, as told by his grandfather, one of the killers.	On the way back from preparing his garden plots, a young man encounters and kills a jungle cat.  The cats are killed because they prey on the settlement's chickens and pets and because their skins can be sold for cash.
Photo by Carole Robarchek; all rights reserved	Photo by Carole Robarchek; all rights reserved

Waorani:  The Contexts of Violence and War

by Clayton Robarchek and Carole Robarchek

1998 Harcourt Brace and Company (ISBN 0-15-503797-8)

Table of Contents
Introduction 1       Orthography 5       Pronunciation Guide 5       Part 1:  Studying War       1 Preparations 9 2 The Waorani War Complex 19 3 The Fieldwork 31       Part 2:  The Contexts of War       4 The Material Context: Environment and Technology 73       5 The Historical Context 85       6 The Social/Cultural Context 97       7 The Individual/Psychological Context 117       8 Waorani Warfare in Context 127       Part 3:  Contexts Revised       9 The Renunciation of Violence 151       10 Action in a New World: Ethnogenesis and the Return of Violence 165       Epilogue (Clay) 175       Afterword 177       Glossary 183       References Cited 185       Index 189       Back to Top of Page

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