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
Main Author: Vilaça, Aparecida, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Portugués
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Krieg
Mythologie
Kulturkontakt
Mündliche Überlieferung
Ethnohistorie
Pakaasnovos Indians.
Indians of South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Indiens d'Amerique > Bresil.
Pacaa-Nova (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Pacaa-Nova (Indiens) > Histoire.
Indians of South America > Brazil.
Pakaasnovos Indians > Social life and customs.
Pakaasnovos Indians > History.
Huari
Rondônia
Brasilien
Brazil.
History.
Electronic books.
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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