| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 187 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Figures, Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Trio and Wayana Language and Orthography -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Making Trio and Other Peoples -- Chapter 2 -- Houses and In-Laws -- Chapter 3 -- Trade, Money and Influence -- Chapter 4 -- Music and Ritual Capacities -- Chapter 5 -- Owning Persons and Places -- Conclusion: Society Transcends the State -- Glossary -- Appendix: Trio Relationship Terminology -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
AmerIndian societies have an iconic status in classical political thought. For Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Rousseau, the native American 'state of nature' operates as a foil for the European polity. Challenging this tradition, The Imbalance of Power demonstrates ethnographically that the Carib speaking indigenous societies of the Guiana region of Amazonia do not fit conventional characterizations of 'simple' political units with 'egalitarian' political ideologies and 'harmonious' relationships with nature. Marc Brightman builds a persuasive and original theory of AmerIndian politics: far from balanced and egalitarian, Carib societies are rife with tension and difference; but this imbalance conditions social dynamism and a distinctive mode of cohesion. The Imbalance of Power is based on the author's fieldwork in partnership with Vanessa Grotti, who is working on a companion volume entitled Living with the Enemy: First Contacts and the Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Trio Indians.
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Wayana Indians.
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Akurio Indians.
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Power (Social sciences) -- Guiana.
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Group identity -- Guiana.
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Leadership -- Guiana.
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Masculinity -- Political aspects -- Guiana.
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Guiana -- Ethnic relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Akurio Indians. |
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Ethnic relations. |
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Group identity. |
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Leadership. |
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Masculinity -- Political aspects. |
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Trio Indians. |
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Wayana Indians. |
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South America -- Guiana. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brightman, Marc. Imbalance of power. New York : Berghahn, 2016 9781785333095 (DLC) 2016022366 (OCoLC)957554692 |
| ISBN |
9781785333101 (electronic bk.) |
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1785333100 (electronic bk.) |
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9781785333095 |
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1785333097 |
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