Between the forest and the road : the Waorani struggle for living well in the Ecuadorian oil circuit / / Andrea Bravo Di´az
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| Autore: |
Bravo Díaz Andrea
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| Titolo: |
Between the forest and the road : the Waorani struggle for living well in the Ecuadorian oil circuit / / Andrea Bravo Di´az
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Berghahn, , [2023] |
| ©2023 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 305.8989 |
| Soggetto topico: | Huao Indians - Social conditions |
| Huao Indians - Economic conditions | |
| Huao Indians - Politics and government | |
| Quality of life - Ecuador | |
| Petroleum industry and trade - Ecuador | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Ecuador Economic conditions 1972- |
| Ecuador Politics and government 1984- | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Waorani Orthography and Typography -- Abbreviations -- Introduction - Meeting the Waorani -- Chapter 1 - Living Well -- Chapter 2 - Health and Vitality -- Chapter 3 - The Locus of Living Well -- Chapter 4 - The Extractivist State and Waorani Political Life -- Chapter 5 - The Economy of the Forest and the Economy of the Store -- Conclusion - And Yet There Will Be More Roads -- References -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "During the past two decades Ecuadorians have engaged in a national debate around Buen Vivir (living well). This ethnography discusses one of the ways in which people experience well-being or aspire to live well in Ecuadorian Amazonia. Waponi Kewemonipa (living well) is a Waorani notion that embraces ideas of good conviviality, health and certain ecological relations. For the Waorani living along the oil roads, living well has taken many pathways. Notably, they have developed new spatial organizations as they move between several houses, and navigate between the economy of the market and the economy of the forest"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Between the forest and the road |
| ISBN: | 1-80539-075-9 |
| 1-80539-357-X | |
| 1-80539-058-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996580166003316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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