| #1410266 in Books | Duke University Press Books | 2010-05-19 | 2010-05-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.98 x6.13l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 392 pages | |||
“Thanks to the excellent anthropological work of Aparecida Vilaça and colleagues studying ia and Melanesia, it becomes increasingly apparent that the incorporation of otherness—in practices ranging from marriage and shamanism to warfare
In 1956, in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, a group of Wari’ Indians had their first peaceful contact with whites: Protestant missionaries and officers from the national Indian Protection Service. On returning to their villages, the Wari’ announced, “We touched their bodies!” Meanwhile the whites reported to their own people that “the region’s most warlike tribe has entered the pacification phase!” Initially published...
You easily download any file type for your device.Strange Enemies: Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia (The Cultures and Practice of Violence) | Aparecida Vilaça. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
