Amazonian cosmopolitans : navigating a shamanic cosmos, shifting indigenous policies, and other modern projects /

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"Amazonian Cosmopolitans focuses on the autobiographical accounts of two Brazilian Indigenous leaders, Prepori and Sabino, Kawaiwete men whose lives spanned the twentieth century, when Amazonia increasingly became the context of large-scale state projects. Both give accounts of how they worked...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oakdale, Suzanne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Prepori > (Kayabi shaman)
Sabino > (Kayabi leader)
Kayabi Indians > Biography.
Kayabi Indians > Social life and customs.
Kayabi Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Shamans > Brazil > Biography.
Kayabi > Biographies.
Kayabi > Mœurs et coutumes.
Kayabi > Rites et cérémonies.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Kayabi Indians
Manners and customs
Shamans
Xingu River Valley (Brazil) > Social life and customs.
Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil) > Social life and customs.
Xingu, Vallée du (Brésil) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brésil) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Brazil
Brazil > Parque Nacional do Xingu
Brazil > Xingu River Valley
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Shamanic Cosmopolitanism
  • 2. The Positivist Cosmopolitanism of the Brazilian Interior
  • 3. Labor and Maturity in the Era of Assimilation
  • 4. Becoming the Brazilian "Indian" during the Era of President Vargas, 1930-1945
  • 5. Working on the "March to the West"
  • 6. The Utopian Cosmopolitanism of the Xingu
  • 7. Nostalgia and Disgust
  • Conclusion
  • Source Acknowledgments.

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