The imbalance of power : leadership, masculinity and wealth in the Amazon / / Marc Brightman
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| Autore: |
Brightman Marc
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| Titolo: |
The imbalance of power : leadership, masculinity and wealth in the Amazon / / Marc Brightman
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 305.800988 |
| Soggetto topico: | Trio Indians |
| Wayana Indians | |
| Akurio Indians | |
| Power (Social sciences) - Guiana | |
| Group identity - Guiana | |
| Leadership - Guiana | |
| Masculinity - Political aspects - Guiana | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Guiana Ethnic relations |
| Soggetto non controllato: | amazonia |
| 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 | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Amerindian 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The imbalance of power |
| ISBN: | 1-78533-310-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910793000603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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