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Strange Enemies : Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vilaça, Aparecida, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Portugués
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.