Under a watchful eye [[electronic resource] ] : self, power, and intimacy in Amazonia / / Harry Walker
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Walker Harry <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Under a watchful eye [[electronic resource] ] : self, power, and intimacy in Amazonia / / Harry Walker
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.898 |
| Soggetto topico: | Urarina Indians - Psychology |
| Urarina Indians - Social networks | |
| Urarina Indians - Social life and customs | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | amazonian culture |
| amazonian history | |
| amazonian studies | |
| anthropology | |
| archaeology | |
| biodiversity | |
| cultural science | |
| different cultures | |
| distractions for kids | |
| easy to read | |
| engaging | |
| ethnography | |
| home school history books | |
| home school science books | |
| human society | |
| learning while reading | |
| life in south america | |
| nonfiction books | |
| politics | |
| psychology | |
| social science | |
| south american culture | |
| south american history | |
| south american philosophies | |
| south american politics | |
| urarina | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Learning to Stand-Leaned-Together -- 1. Spaces of Refuge -- 2. Vital Shields -- 3. Conceiving the Conjugal Body -- 4. Mutuality and Autonomy -- 5. Authority and Solidarity -- 6. Mastering Subjection -- Epilogue: An Accompanied Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | What does it mean to be accompanied? How can autonomy and a sense of self emerge through one's involvement with others? This book examines the formation of self among the Urarina, an Amazonian people of lowland Peru. Based on detailed ethnography, the analysis highlights the role of intimate but asymmetrical attachments and dependencies which begin in the womb, but can extend beyond human society to include a variety of animals, plants, spirits and material objects. It thereby raises fundamental questions about what it means to be alive, to be an experiencing subject, and to be human. From the highly personalized relationships that develop between babies and their hammocks, to the demonstrations of love and respect between spouses and the power asymmetries that structure encounters between shamans and spirits, hunters and game animals, or owners and pets, what emerges is a strong sense that the lived experience of togetherness lies at the heart of the human condition. Recognizing this relational quality of existence enables us to see how acting effectively in the world may be less a matter of individual self-assertion than learning how to elicit empathetic acts of care and attentiveness by endearing oneself to others. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Under a watchful eye |
| ISBN: | 1-283-61108-2 |
| 0-520-95421-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811041503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity