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The survival skills of Helena Valero

Anthropology has been bad at capturing the living conditions of women. A kidnapped woman who returned to civilization was the exception.

Helena Valero should have been swiftly employed as an expert at the most prestigious universities and be made to answer questions, teach language and comment on anthropological findings, every working day from 9 to 5 for the rest of her life. The large conglomerate of tribes that Fusiwe led went separate ways: The Patanaweteri (who became Napoleon Chagnon's hosts a generation later) went to a spot near the great river and the Gnaminaweteri went to their old garden. In accordance with the principle of the sour grapes I assumed that a very important book can't become forgotten to the degree that it can only be bought as loose copies on the second-hand market.

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