{"product_id":"9780942299779","title":"Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe late French anthropologist Pierre Clastres describes in novelistic detail his encounter with a now vanished Paraguayan tribe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Clastres (1934-1979) was one of the most respected political anthropologists of our time. \u003ci\u003eChronicle of the Guayaki Indians\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of his first fieldwork in the early 1960s—an encounter with a small, unique, and now vanished Paraguayan tribe. From \"Birth\" to \"The End,\" Clastres follows the Guayakis in their everyday lives, determined to record every detail of their history, ritual, myths, and culture in order to answer the many questions prompted by his personal experiences. Now available for the first time in English in a beautiful translation by the novelist Paul Auster, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of the Guayaki Indians\u003c\/i\u003e will alter radically not only the Western academic conventions in which other cultures are thought but also the discipline of political anthropology itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034536427760,"sku":"9780942299779","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780942299779_p0.jpg?v=1763869442","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780942299779","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}