The Forest People
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The Forest People is an influential ethnographic book by Colin Turnbull that portrays the lives and culture of the Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Forest in the Congo.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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ethnography ⓘ |
| author | Colin Turnbull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfSubject | Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
band-level social organization
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subsistence based on hunting and gathering ⓘ |
| discipline | cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| ethnographicGroup | Mbuti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldworkBy | Colin Turnbull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldworkCountry | Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldworkLocation | Ituri Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hunter-gatherer society
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relationship between people and forest ⓘ rituals and beliefs of the Mbuti ⓘ social organization of the Mbuti ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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ethnographic monograph ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | participant-observer ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
communal living
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critique of Western assumptions about “primitive” peoples ⓘ harmony between humans and environment ⓘ |
| influenced |
later ethnographic writing style
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popular understanding of hunter-gatherer societies ⓘ public perception of the Mbuti ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Ituri Forest
NERFINISHED
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Mbuti Pygmies NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbuti people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nonfiction | true ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed description of forest life
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empathetic portrayal of the Mbuti ⓘ vivid narrative style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Mbuti child-rearing practices
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Mbuti conflict resolution ⓘ Mbuti daily life ⓘ Mbuti egalitarian social relations ⓘ Mbuti kinship structures ⓘ Mbuti music and dance ⓘ Mbuti religious practices ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| regionOfFocus | Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Ituri Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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students of anthropology ⓘ |
| timeOfFieldworkDescribed | 1950s ⓘ |
| usedAs | university course text ⓘ |
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