LEADER 03793nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910782985403321 005 20230322233918.0 010 $a0-292-79381-2 024 7 $a10.7560/718883 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721836 035 $a(OCoLC)646808253 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10285584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268133 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193596 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268133 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10211872 035 $a(PQKB)10713623 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443394 035 $a(OCoLC)318240502 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2204 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443394 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10285584 035 $a(DE-B1597)587287 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806491 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292793811 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721836 100 $a20080422d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVital enemies$b[electronic resource] $eslavery, predation, and the Amerindian political economy of life /$fFernando Santos-Granero 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71888-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [240]-270) and index. 327 $aCapturing societies -- Captive slaves -- Servant groups -- Tributary populations -- Markers of servitude -- Servile obligations -- Dependent status -- Civilizing the other -- Warring against the other. 330 $aAnalyzing slavery and other forms of servitude in six non-state indigenous societies of tropical America at the time of European contact, Vital Enemies offers a fascinating new approach to the study of slavery based on the notion of "political economy of life." Fernando Santos-Granero draws on the earliest available historical sources to provide novel information on Amerindian regimes of servitude, sociologies of submission, and ideologies of capture. Estimating that captive slaves represented up to 20 percent of the total population and up to 40 percent when combined with other forms of servitude, Santos-Granero argues that native forms of servitude fulfill the modern understandings of slavery, though Amerindian contexts provide crucial distinctions with slavery as it developed in the American South. The Amerindian understanding of life forces as being finite, scarce, unequally distributed, and in constant circulation yields a concept of all living beings as competing for vital energy. The capture of human beings is an extreme manifestation of this understanding, but it marks an important element in the ways Amerindian "captive slavery" was misconstrued by European conquistadors. Illuminating a cultural facet that has been widely overlooked or miscast for centuries, Vital Enemies makes possible new dialogues regarding hierarchies in the field of native studies, as well as a provocative re-framing of pre- and post-contact America. 606 $aEnslaved Indians$zAmerica 606 $aSlavery$zAmerica 606 $aIndian captivities$zAmerica 606 $aPrisoners of war$zAmerica 606 $aEthnic conflict$zAmerica 607 $aAmerica$xEthnic relations$xEconomic aspects 607 $aAmerica$xHistory$yTo 1810 615 0$aEnslaved Indians 615 0$aSlavery 615 0$aIndian captivities 615 0$aPrisoners of war 615 0$aEthnic conflict 676 $a970.01 700 $aSantos-Granero$b Fernando$f1955-$01234121 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782985403321 996 $aVital enemies$93702857 997 $aUNINA