Heckenberger The Ecology of Power

Culture, Place and Personhood in the Southern Amazon, AD 1000–2000
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-94165-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten

In 1884 a community of Brazilians was "discovered" by the Western world. The Ecology of Power examines these indigenous people from the Upper Xingu region, a group who even today are one of the strongest examples of long-term cultural continuity. Drawing upon written and oral history, ethnography, and archaeology, Heckenberger addresses the difficult issues facing anthropologists today as they "uncover" the muted voices of indigenous peoples and provides a fascinating portrait of a unique community of people who have in a way become living cultural artifacts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heckenberger, Michael J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Kuikuru Orthography

List of Figures

List of Tables

1. Introduction

Part I: Deep Temporality

2. Culture and History: The Longue Duree

3. The Ancient Regime

4. Colonialism and Ethnogenesis

Part II: Power, Place, and Personhood

5. Landscape and Livelihood: Ethos of Settled Life

6. In the Midst of Others: Society, Ritual, and Chiefly Politics

7. The Pedigree of a Contradiction: Body and State in Amazonia

8. Conclusion: Temporality, Perspective, and Personhood in Amazonian Ethnology

Notes

Bibliography

Glossar y of Indigenous Terms

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Heckenberger is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida--Gainesville. He has recieved numerous research grants and is principal investigator in the Southern Amazon Ethno-archaeological Project. He is co-author of the forthcoming Archaeology of the Amazon (Cambridge University Press).