Strange enemies : indigenous agency and scenes of encounters in Amazonia /

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This ethnography--translated from the Portuguese-- describes the first encounters between the Wari' Indians and whites, and is the only monographic study to date about the process of contacting a previously isolated indigenous group in the South American.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vilaça, Aparecida, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Portugués
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:Cultures and practice of violence series.
Subjects:
Krieg
Pakaasnovos Indians > History.
Pakaasnovos Indians > Social life and customs.
Indians of South America > Brazil.
Pacaa-Nova > Histoire.
Pacaa-Nova > Mœurs et coutumes.
Peuples autochtones > Brésil.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Indians of South America.
Pakaasnovos Indians.
Ethnohistorie
Mündliche Überlieferung
Kulturkontakt
Mythologie
Brazil.
Brasilien
Rondônia
Huari
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The foreigner
  • The enemy
  • The white enemy
  • The white enemy
  • The foreigner, the dead
  • The enemy
  • The brother-in-law
  • The motives of the whites
  • The widening river : contact with the OroNao of the whites
  • "The enemy says he's OroNao" : contact with the OroWaram, OroWaramXijein, and OroMon
  • The great expedition : contact with the OroNao', OroEo, and OroAt on the Negro and Ocaia rivers.

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