New Books by SALSA Members Archives - Page 15 of 18 - SALSA - The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

December

ANIMISM IN RAINFOREST AND TUNDRA by M. Brightman, V. E. Grotti & O. Ultrugasheva (2014)

December 2, 2014

In 2014 books, New Books by SALSA Members

Animism in Rainforest and Tundra: Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia By Marc Brightman, Vanessa Elisa Grotti & Olga Ultrugasheva Berghahn Books, 2014 Animism in Rainforest and Tundra: Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity...

November

KUNA ART AND SHAMANISM by P. Fortis (2013)

November 5, 2014

In 2013 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Kuna Art and Shamanism: An Ethnographic Approach By Paolo Fortis University of Texas Press, 2013 Exploring an art form that informs birth and death, personhood, the dream world, the natural world, religion, gender roles, and ecology, Kuna Art and Shamanism provides a rich understanding of this society’s visual...

November

ECOLOGY OF THE BARÍ by S. Beckermann & R. Lizarralde (2013)

November 5, 2014

In 2013 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

The Ecology of the Barí: Rainforest Horticulturalists of Latin America By Stephen Beckerman and Roberto Lizarralde University of Texas Press, 2013 Inhabiting the rainforest of the southwest Maracaibo Basin, split by the border between Colombia and Venezuela, the Barí have survived centuries of incursions. Anthropologist Roberto Lizarralde began...

November

CULTURAL FORESTS OF THE AMAZON by W. Balée (2013)

November 5, 2014

In 2013 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Cultural Forests of the Amazon: A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes By William Balée University of Alabama Press, 2013 Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical...

November

FLUENT SELVES by S. Oakdale & M. Course (2014)

November 3, 2014

In 2014 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Fluent Selves: Autobiography, Person, and History in Lowland South America Edited by Suzanne Oakdale and Magnus Course University of Nebraska Press, 2014 Fluent Selves examines narrative practices throughout lowland South America focusing on indigenous communities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, illuminating the social and cultural processes that...

November

PERFORMING INDIGENEITY ed by L. Graham & H. G. Penny (2014)

November 3, 2014

In 2014 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Performing Indigeneity: Global Histories and Contemporary Experiences Edited By Laura Graham & H. Glenn Penny University of Nebraska Press, 2014 Performing Indigeneity: Global Histories and Contemporary Experiences discusses the complexities of “being” indigenous in public spaces. Laura R. Graham and H. Glenn Penny bring together a set of highly...