Thunder Shaman: Making History with Mapuche Spirits in Chile and Patagonia By Ana Mariella Bacigalupo University of Texas Press, 2016 The first study of how Mapuche shamans make history, Thunder Shaman challenges perceptions of shamans as being outside of history and examines how shamans themselves understand notions of civilization,...
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Ownership and Nurture: Studies in Native Amazonian Property Relations Edited by Marc Brightman, Carlos Fausto & Vanessa Grotti Berghahn Books, 2016 The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological debates about...
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Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon: The Kayapó's Fight for Just Livelihoods. By Laura Zanotti University of Arizona Press, 2016 Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon sheds light on the creative and groundbreaking efforts Kayapó peoples deploy to protect their lands and livelihoods. Now at the front lines...
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Religion, Medicine, and Healing: Contemporary Perspectives By Robin Wright Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2016 Religion, Medicine and Healing is an anthology developed from a critique that many people have formulated concerning the relations of contemporary western biomedicine and local healing traditions. Many local traditions, it happens, are in danger...
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Revolt of the Saints: Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy By John F. Collins Duke University Press, 2015 In Revolt of the Saints, John F. Collins explores the contested removal of the inhabitants of Brazil’s first capital and best-known site for Afro-Brazilian history, arguing...
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Images of Public Wealth or the Anatomy of Well-Being in Indigenous Amazonia Edited by Fernando Santos-Granero The University of Arizona Press, 2015 What is considered a good life in contemporary societies? Can we measure well-being and happiness? Reflecting a global interest on the topics of well-being, happiness, and...
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