Upriver : the turbulent life and times of an Amazonian people /

[Description]In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Michael F. (Michael Fobes), 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Indians of South America > Peru > Amazonas > Social conditions.
Indians of South America > Peru > Amazonas > Social life and customs.
Indians of South America > Peru > Amazonas > Folklore.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Indians of South America
Indians of South America > Social conditions
Indians of South America > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Indigenes Volk
Aguaruna-Sprache
Alltag
Ritual
Soziokultureller Wandel
Amazonas (Peru) > Social conditions.
Amazonas (Peru) > Social life and customs.
Amazonas (Pérou) > Conditions sociales.
Amazonas (Pérou) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Peru > Amazonas
Amazonas
Peru
Electronic books.
Folklore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Andean prelude
  • Armadillo for breakfast
  • Puzzle pieces
  • Jesus versus the warrior spirits
  • Four weddings and a funeral
  • Trouble in mind
  • Hard lessons
  • Civilization's twisting road
  • Boundary condition
  • Looking back.

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