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1st edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Ethnography, theory, experiment ; 5
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Ethnography, theory, experiment ; 5.
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| Summary |
"In Brazil, where forest meets savanna, new towns, agribusiness and hydroelectricity plants form a patchwork with the indigenous territories. Here, agricultural work, fishing, songs, feasts and exchanges occupy the Enawenê-nawê for eight months of each year, during a season called Yankwa. Vital Diplomacy focuses on this major ceremonial cycle to shed new light on classic Amazonian themes such as kinship, gender, manioc cultivation and cuisine, relations with non-humans and foreigners, and the interplay of myth and practice, exploring how ritual contains and diverts the threat of violence by reconciling antagonistic spirits, coordinating social and gender divides, and channelling foreign relations and resources"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Mastery and subjection at the fishing dams -- The fishermen return 'like Yakairiti' -- Routine ritualism and a festival of abundance -- Affinal diplomacy in a united, egalitarian society -- Cosmic diplomacy : cooking, curing and crafting human life -- Yankwa's foreign diplomacy and Saluma's defiance. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Saluma Indians -- Brazil -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Saluma Indians -- Fishing -- Amazon River Region.
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Political anthropology -- Amazon River Region -- Philosophy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Political anthropology -- Philosophy. |
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Amazon River Region. |
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Brazil. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Nahum-Claudel, Chloe. Vital diplomacy. 1st edition. [New York] : Berghahn Books, [2018] 9781785334061 (DLC) 2017044765 |
| ISBN |
9781785334078 (ebook) |
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1785334077 |
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9781785334061 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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1785334069 |
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