Upriver [[electronic resource] /] / Carolyn Kremers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779638803321
• Autore: Kremers Carolyn <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2013
• ISBN: 1-60223-203-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (105 p.)
• Collana: University of Alaska Press - The Alaska Literary Series
• Disciplina: 811/.6
• Soggetti: POETRY - American - General; Alaska Poetry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note to Readers -- Introduction -- 1. Andean Prelude -- 2. Armadillo for Breakfast -- 3. Puzzle Pieces -- 4. Jesus versus the Warrior Spirits -- 5. Four Weddings and a Funeral -- 6. Trouble in Mind -- 7. Hard Lessons -- 8. Civilization's Twisting Road -- 9. Boundary Condition -- 10. Looking Back -- Notes -- Sources on the Awajún and Related Societies -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajún--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds.