Ecology of Power : Culture, Place and Personhood in the Southern Amazon, AD.

Examines the indigenous people discovered in Brazil in 1884, drawing from written and oral history, ethnography, and archaeology.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heckenberger, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2003.
Temas:
Indians of South America > Brazil > Xingu River Valley > History.
Indians of South America > First contact with other peoples > Brazil > Xingu River Valley.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Xingu River Valley > Social life and customs.
Chiefdoms > Brazil > Xingu River Valley.
Chefferie (Anthropologie) > Brésil > Xingu, Vallée du.
Chiefdoms
Colonization
Indians of South America
Indians of South America > First contact with other peoples
Indians of South America > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Xingu River Valley (Brazil) > History.
Xingu River Valley (Brazil) > Colonization.
Xingu River Valley (Brazil) > Social life and customs.
Xingu, Vallée du (Brésil) > Histoire.
Xingu, Vallée du (Brésil) > Colonisation.
Xingu, Vallée du (Brésil) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Brazil > Xingu River Valley
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Illustrations; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; PART I Visualizing Deep Temporality; CHAPTER 2 Culture and History: The Longue Durée; CHAPTER 3 Traces of Ancient Times; CHAPTER 4 Social Dynamics Before Europe; CHAPTER 5 In the Shadow of Empire: Colonialism and Ethnogenesis; PART II Body, Memory, and History; CHAPTER 6 Landscape and Livelihood: The Ethos of Settled Village Life; CHAPTER 7 In the Midst of Others: Landscapes of Memory; CHAPTER 8 Houses, Heroes, and History: The Fractal Person; CHAPTER 9 The Symbolic Economy of Power: Plazas as Persons.
  • CHAPTER 10 Conclusion: The Pedigree of a ContradictionNotes; Bibliography; Orthography and Glossary of Indigenous Terms; Index.

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