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New Books by SALSA Members

23
October

SENTIENT LANDS by P. di Giminiani (2018)

October 23, 2018
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Sentient Lands: Indigeneity, Property, and Political Imagination in Neoliberal Chile By Piergiorgio di Giminiani University of Arizona Press, 2018 Sentient Lands is a historically grounded ethnography of the Mapuche people’s engagement with state-run reconciliation and land-restitution efforts. Piergiorgio Di Giminiani analyzes environmental relations, property, state power, market forces, and...

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Club Fighters of the Amazon
19
July

CLUB FIGHTERS OF THE AMAZON By G. Verswijver (2018 [1992])

July 19, 2018
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The Club-Fighters of the Amazon Warfare among the Kayapo Indians of Central Brazil By Gustaaf Verswijver  Turuti Books, 2018 (new edition of Gustaaf Verswijver's 1992 monograph) First published in 1992, The Club-Fighters of the Amazona has been described by Laura Rival (University of Oxford) as “an invaluable contribution to Kayapo ethnography”....

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Creating Dialogues
14
August

CREATING DIALOGUES ed. by H. Veber & P. K. Virtanen (2017)

August 14, 2017
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Creating Dialogues: Indigenous Perceptions and Changing Forms of Leadership in Amazonia Edited by Hanne Veber & Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen University Press of Colorado & Utah State University Press, 2017 Creating Dialogues discusses contemporary forms of leadership in a variety of Amazonian indigenous groups. Examining the creation of indigenous leaders...

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06
July

HUAORANI TRANSFORMATIONS IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ECUADOR by L. Rival (2016)

July 6, 2016
In 2016 books, New Books by SALSA Members
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Huaorani Transformations in Twenty-First-Century Ecuador: Treks into the Future of Time By Laura Rival University of Arizona, 2016 Rival’s intimate knowledge of Huaorani culture spans twenty-five years. Here in Huaorani Transformations, a collection of broad-ranging essays, she offers a fascinating and provocative study. The indigenous people of the Amazon...

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