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The imbalance of power : leadership, masculinity and wealth in the Amazon / / Marc Brightman



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Autore: Brightman Marc Visualizza persona
Titolo: The imbalance of power : leadership, masculinity and wealth in the Amazon / / Marc Brightman Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78533-310-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793000603321
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