Fluent Selves : Autobiography, Person, and History in Lowland South America /

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"Fluent Selves examines narrative practices throughout lowland South America focusing on indigenous communities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, illuminating the social and cultural processes that make the past as important as the present for these peoples. This collection brings together l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Course, Magnus (Editor ), Oakdale, Suzanne (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Indians of South America > Ethnic identity.
Indians of South America.
Group identity.
Ethnology.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Ethnologie > Amerique du Sud.
Identite collective > Amerique du Sud.
Discours narratif > Amerique du Sud.
Autobiographie > Aspect social > Amerique du Sud.
Indiens d'Amerique > Amerique du Sud > Biographies.
Indiens d'Amerique > Amerique du Sud > Identite ethnique.
Ethnology > South America.
Group identity > South America.
Discourse analysis, Narrative > South America.
Autobiography > Social aspects > South America.
Indians of South America > Biography.
South America.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Fluent Selves examines narrative practices throughout lowland South America focusing on indigenous communities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, illuminating the social and cultural processes that make the past as important as the present for these peoples. This collection brings together leading scholars in the fields of anthropology and linguistics to examine the intersection of these narratives of the past with the construction of personhood. The volume's exploration of autobiographical and biographical accounts raises questions about fieldwork, ethical practices, and cultural boundaries in the study of anthropology. Rather than relying on a simple opposition between the "Western individual" and the non-Western rest, contributors to Fluent Selves explore the complex interplay of both individualizing as well as relational personhood in these practices. Transcending classic debates over the categorization of "myth" and "history," the autobiographical and biographical narratives in Fluent Selves illustrate the very medium in which several modes of engaging with the past meet, are reconciled, and reemerge."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780803265141

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