04207nam 2200949 450 991079300060332120171121111433.01-78533-310-010.1515/9781785333101(CKB)3710000001175604(MiAaPQ)EBC4526718(DE-B1597)637312(DE-B1597)9781785333101(EXLCZ)99371000000117560420170502h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe imbalance of power leadership, masculinity and wealth in the Amazon /Marc BrightmanNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn,2016.©20161 online resource (205 pages) illustrations, maps1-78533-309-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES, ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRIO AND WAYANA LANGUAGE AND ORTHOGRAPHY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- MAPS -- 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 -- INDEXAmerindian 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.Trio IndiansWayana IndiansAkurio IndiansPower (Social sciences)GuianaGroup identityGuianaLeadershipGuianaMasculinityPolitical aspectsGuianaGuianaEthnic relationsamazonia.american indian.amerindian politics.amerindian.carib.cultural anthropology.cultural studies.defying stereotypes.differences between tribes.egalitarian.egalitarianism.ethnographic.europe.european polity.feminism.feminist.guiana.harmonious with nature.history.indian stereotypes.indigenous people.native american.patriarchy.political ideologies.social dynamic.sociology.state of nature.tension.unconventional.united states history.Trio Indians.Wayana Indians.Akurio Indians.Power (Social sciences)Group identityLeadershipMasculinityPolitical aspects305.800988Brightman Marc1536731MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793000603321The imbalance of power3866464UNINA