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Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 1 The Upper Orinoco Yanomami and Their Context 14 2 Particularizing the Upper Orinoco Health System 34 3 Epidemic Diseases, Criollos, and the Morality of Being Human 52 4 Becoming Napë and the Napë Transformational Axis 74 5 Making Kin, Making Society, and Napë Potential Affinity 93 6 Being and Performing Napë and Yanomami 111 7 Doctors and Shamans 140 8 Two Meetings and a Protest 164 9 Changing Tides and Mixed Feelings 200 Conclusion 217 viii • Contents Notes 233 Bibliography 239 Index 249 ...

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