Description |
1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; vol. 9
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Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; vol. 9.
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Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed Oct. 24, 2012). |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
What does it mean to be accompanied? How can autonomy and a sense of self emerge through one's involvement with others? This book examines the formation of self among the Urarina, an Amazonian people of lowland Peru. Based on detailed ethnography, the analysis highlights the role of intimate but asymmetrical attachments and dependencies which begin in the womb, but can extend beyond human society to include a variety of animals, plants, spirits and material objects. It thereby raises fundamental questions about what it means to be alive, to be an experiencing subject, and to be human. From the. |
Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Learning to Stand-Leaned-Together; 1. Spaces of Refuge; 2. Vital Shields; 3. Conceiving the Conjugal Body; 4. Mutuality and Autonomy; 5. Authority and Solidarity; 6. Mastering Subjection; Epilogue: An Accompanied Life; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Urarina Indians -- Psychology.
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Urarina Indians. |
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Psychology. |
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Urarina Indians -- Social networks.
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Social networks. |
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Urarina Indians -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Walker, Harry. Under a Watchful Eye : Self, Power, and Intimacy in Amazonia. Berkerley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520273603 |
ISBN |
9780520954212 (electronic book) |
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0520954211 (electronic book) |
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9780520273597 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520273591 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520273603 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520273605 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
40021587669 |
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