Hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin : cultures, histories, and biology of African Pygmies

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Hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin : cultures, histories, and biology of African Pygmies

Barry S. Hewlett, editor

Transaction Publishers, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index

収録内容

  • Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Serge Bahuchet
  • Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / Paul Verdu
  • On Late Holocene population interactions in the northwestern Congo Basin : when, how, and why does the ethnographic pattern begin? / Karen Lupo, Alfred Jean-Paul Ndanga, and Christopher Kiahtipes
  • "Do Pygmies have a history?" revisited : the autochthonous tradition in the history of equatorial Africa / Robert E. Moïse
  • Human biology and the health of African rainforest inhabitants / Alain Froment
  • The foraging lifestyle in the African tropical rainforest / Hiroaki Sato
  • Diversity in Pygmy music : a family portrait / Susanne Fürniss
  • Egalitarian social organization : the case of the Mbendjele Bayaka / Jerome Lewis
  • Hunter-gatherer childhoods in the Congo Basin / Barry S. Hewlett
  • Multiangular identities among Congo River Basin forest peoples / Stephanie Rupp
  • Interethnic relationships between Pygmies and farmers / Kiyoshi Takeuchi
  • Forest conservation and indigenous peoples in the Congo Basin : new trends toward reconciliation between global issues and local interest / Mitsuo Ichikawa

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内容説明

The forest foragers of the Congo Basin, known collectively as "Pygmies," are the largest and most diverse group of active hunter-gatherers remaining in the world. At least fifteen different ethno-linguistic groups exist in the Congo Basin with a total population of 250,000 to 350,000 individuals. Extensive knowledge about these groups has accumulated in the last forty years, but readers have been forced to piece together what is known from many sources. French, Japanese, American, and British researchers have conducted the majority of the research; each national research group has its own academic traditions, history, and publications. Here, leading academic authorities from diverse national traditions summarize recent research on forest hunter-gatherers. The volume explores the diversity and uniformity of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life by providing detailed but accessible overviews of recent research. It represents the first book in over twenty-five years to provide a comprehensive and holistic overview of African forest hunter-gatherers. Chapters discuss the cultural variation in characteristic features of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life, such as their yodeled polyphonic music, pronounced egalitarianism, multiple-child caregiving, and complex relations with neighboring farming groups. Other contributors address theoretical issues, such as why Pygmies are short, how tropical forest hunter-gatherers live without the carbohydrates they receive from neighboring farmers, and how hunter-gatherer children learn to share so extensively.

目次

  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: The Colonial Period
  • 3: The Federal Period
  • 4: The Self-Determination Period
  • 5: Black Higher Education: A Brief Comparison
  • 6: Compendium
  • 7: The Current Status of Native American Higher Education

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