Upriver [[electronic resource] /] / Carolyn Kremers
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| Autore: |
Kremers Carolyn <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Upriver [[electronic resource] /] / Carolyn Kremers
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| Pubblicazione: | Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (105 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 811/.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | POETRY - American - General |
| Soggetto geografico: | Alaska Poetry |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Upriver |
| ISBN: | 1-60223-203-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779638803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
University of Alaska Press - The Alaska Literary Series