Loretta A Cormier
Biographic Data
| ID | 222166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loretta A Cormier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loretta A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cormier |
| SIGNATURE | CORMIER L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Primates in Folklore
Due to the physical and behavioral similarities of wild primates to human beings, they figure heavily in the folktales and folk beliefs of cultures that share habitats with nonhuman primates. While it is far beyond the scope of this entry to provide an exhaustive account of all the folklore that references wild primates, patterns do exist in the way that nonhuman primates tend to be represented in folklore in terms of roles, processes, and belief…
Enculturating Student Anthropologists Through Fieldwork in Fiji
A Case Study of Metabolic Syndrome without Hypertension in a Fijian Coastal Fishing Village
We describe a case study involving obesity, health, and body image on the small island of Nayau, in the Lau Group, Fiji. Nayau is a remote island of Fiji where traditional subsistence activities are practiced. They have only recently had exposure to Western media and television. Traditionally, large body sizes are valued as signs of health and happiness. As such, obesity can be considered a culture bound syndrome. The key aims of our study were t…
Talking Trash
This paper presents a pilot ethnoarchaeological study, exploring Fijian consumption and waste behaviors through the analysis of household garbage. Over two field-seasons, we examined a contemporary Lauan garbage dump-site and interviewed islanders who engage in a subsistence-based economy. We investigated four Fijian households of varying demographics (household make-up, age, and social rank) and collected their rubbish each day over a one-week p…
Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia
Book Review| July 01 2006 Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia. Edited by Jonathan D. Hill and Fernando Santos-Granero. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. $49.95 cloth.) Loretta A. Cormier Loretta A. Cormier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2006) 53 (3): 623–62…
Um aroma no ar: A ecologia histórica das plantas anti-fantasma entre os Guajá da Amazônia
Entre as plantas medicinais dos Guajá da Amazônia oriental incluem-se várias usadas para repelir os fantasmas dos mortos. Esse artigo discute as plantas repelentes de fantasmas aiyã, em termos de seu significado simbólico, eficácia biológica, e contexto histórico-ecológico. Plantas repelentes de fantasmas são identificadas por seu odor pungente, que age sobre o odor fétido - causador de doenças - dos fantasmas dos mortos. A eficácia da cura pode …
Kinship with Monkeys: The Guajá Foragers of Eastern Amazonia
Introduction1. A Brief History of the Guaj 2. A Brief History of New World Monkeys3. Monkey Hunting4. Guaj Kinship5. Animism and the Forest Siblings6. Pet Monkeys7. Cosmology and Symbolic CannibalismConclusion. Ethnoprimatology in Amazonia and BeyondAppendix. Monkeys in the Guaj Habitat
Animism, Cannibalism, and Pet-keeping among the Guajá of Eastern Amazonia
Recent work in Amazonian religion, sociality, and ecological adaptation have addressed the interrelationships among animism, cannibalism, and pet-keeping. In this article, I attempt to reconcile these works with the beliefs and behaviors of the Guajá of eastern Amazonia. I argue that the specific configuration of animism, cannibalism, and pet-keeping among the Guajá relates to their social organization and mode of production as hunter-gatherers.\…
The Indians and Brazil
Book Review| October 01 2001 The Indians and Brazil By Mercio P. Gomes. Translated by John W. Moon. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2000. xvi + 300 pp., preface, introduction, appendixes, notes,bibliography. $49.95 cloth.) Loretta Cormier Loretta Cormier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2001) 48 (4): 772–773. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-48-4-772 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & ta…
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers
Book Review| October 01 2001 The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers Edited by Richard B. Lee and Richard Daly. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. $125.00 cloth.) Loretta Cormier Loretta Cormier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2001) 48 (4): 728–730. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-48-4-728 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citat…
Animism, Cannibalism, and Pet-keeping among the Guajá of Eastern Amazonia
Recent work in Amazonian religion, sociality, and ecological adaptation have addressed the interrelationships among animism, cannibalism, and pet-keeping. In this article, I attempt to reconcile these works with the beliefs and behaviors of the Guajá of eastern Amazonia. I argue that the specific configuration of animism, cannibalism, and pet-keeping among the Guajá relates to their social organization and mode of production as hunter-gatherers.\…
Um aroma no ar: A ecologia histórica das plantas anti-fantasma entre os Guajá da Amazônia
Entre as plantas medicinais dos Guajá da Amazônia oriental incluem-se várias usadas para repelir os fantasmas dos mortos. Esse artigo discute as plantas repelentes de fantasmas aiyã, em termos de seu significado simbólico, eficácia biológica, e contexto histórico-ecológico. Plantas repelentes de fantasmas são identificadas por seu odor pungente, que age sobre o odor fétido - causador de doenças - dos fantasmas dos mortos. A eficácia da cura pode …
Primates in Folklore
Due to the physical and behavioral similarities of wild primates to human beings, they figure heavily in the folktales and folk beliefs of cultures that share habitats with nonhuman primates. While it is far beyond the scope of this entry to provide an exhaustive account of all the folklore that references wild primates, patterns do exist in the way that nonhuman primates tend to be represented in folklore in terms of roles, processes, and belief…
Talking Trash
This paper presents a pilot ethnoarchaeological study, exploring Fijian consumption and waste behaviors through the analysis of household garbage. Over two field-seasons, we examined a contemporary Lauan garbage dump-site and interviewed islanders who engage in a subsistence-based economy. We investigated four Fijian households of varying demographics (household make-up, age, and social rank) and collected their rubbish each day over a one-week p…
A Case Study of Metabolic Syndrome without Hypertension in a Fijian Coastal Fishing Village
We describe a case study involving obesity, health, and body image on the small island of Nayau, in the Lau Group, Fiji. Nayau is a remote island of Fiji where traditional subsistence activities are practiced. They have only recently had exposure to Western media and television. Traditionally, large body sizes are valued as signs of health and happiness. As such, obesity can be considered a culture bound syndrome. The key aims of our study were t…
The Indians and Brazil
Book Review| October 01 2001 The Indians and Brazil By Mercio P. Gomes. Translated by John W. Moon. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2000. xvi + 300 pp., preface, introduction, appendixes, notes,bibliography. $49.95 cloth.) Loretta Cormier Loretta Cormier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2001) 48 (4): 772–773. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-48-4-772 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & ta…
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers
Book Review| October 01 2001 The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers Edited by Richard B. Lee and Richard Daly. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. $125.00 cloth.) Loretta Cormier Loretta Cormier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2001) 48 (4): 728–730. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-48-4-728 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citat…
Kinship with Monkeys: The Guajá Foragers of Eastern Amazonia
Introduction1. A Brief History of the Guaj 2. A Brief History of New World Monkeys3. Monkey Hunting4. Guaj Kinship5. Animism and the Forest Siblings6. Pet Monkeys7. Cosmology and Symbolic CannibalismConclusion. Ethnoprimatology in Amazonia and BeyondAppendix. Monkeys in the Guaj Habitat
Animism, Cannibalism, and Pet-keeping among the Guajá of Eastern Amazonia
Recent work in Amazonian religion, sociality, and ecological adaptation have addressed the interrelationships among animism, cannibalism, and pet-keeping. In this article, I attempt to reconcile these works with the beliefs and behaviors of the Guajá of eastern Amazonia. I argue that the specific configuration of animism, cannibalism, and pet-keeping among the Guajá relates to their social organization and mode of production as hunter-gatherers.\…
Um aroma no ar: A ecologia histórica das plantas anti-fantasma entre os Guajá da Amazônia
Entre as plantas medicinais dos Guajá da Amazônia oriental incluem-se várias usadas para repelir os fantasmas dos mortos. Esse artigo discute as plantas repelentes de fantasmas aiyã, em termos de seu significado simbólico, eficácia biológica, e contexto histórico-ecológico. Plantas repelentes de fantasmas são identificadas por seu odor pungente, que age sobre o odor fétido - causador de doenças - dos fantasmas dos mortos. A eficácia da cura pode …
Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia
Book Review| July 01 2006 Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia. Edited by Jonathan D. Hill and Fernando Santos-Granero. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. $49.95 cloth.) Loretta A. Cormier Loretta A. Cormier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2006) 53 (3): 623–62…
Enculturating Student Anthropologists Through Fieldwork in Fiji
A Case Study of Metabolic Syndrome without Hypertension in a Fijian Coastal Fishing Village
We describe a case study involving obesity, health, and body image on the small island of Nayau, in the Lau Group, Fiji. Nayau is a remote island of Fiji where traditional subsistence activities are practiced. They have only recently had exposure to Western media and television. Traditionally, large body sizes are valued as signs of health and happiness. As such, obesity can be considered a culture bound syndrome. The key aims of our study were t…
Talking Trash
This paper presents a pilot ethnoarchaeological study, exploring Fijian consumption and waste behaviors through the analysis of household garbage. Over two field-seasons, we examined a contemporary Lauan garbage dump-site and interviewed islanders who engage in a subsistence-based economy. We investigated four Fijian households of varying demographics (household make-up, age, and social rank) and collected their rubbish each day over a one-week p…
Primates in Folklore
Due to the physical and behavioral similarities of wild primates to human beings, they figure heavily in the folktales and folk beliefs of cultures that share habitats with nonhuman primates. While it is far beyond the scope of this entry to provide an exhaustive account of all the folklore that references wild primates, patterns do exist in the way that nonhuman primates tend to be represented in folklore in terms of roles, processes, and belief…
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