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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Redes Arawa: Ensaios de etnologia do Médio Purus Edited by Gilton Mendes dos Santos & Miguel Aparicio EDUA, 2017 Nas últimas décadas, o Purus ressurge, agora no interesse de qualificados pesquisadores, como os que se juntam em torno do NEAI-UFAM, de Gilton Mendes, Miguel Aparicio e tantos outros colegas,...
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La vaquerita y su canto: una antropología de las emociones By Juan Javier Rivera Andía Rumbo Sur, 2016 La vaquerita y su canto es el fruto maduro de un investigador que se ha ido formando y forjando en esos itinerarios de trabajo de campo y escritura de los...
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Indians in a country without Indians: The aesthetics of disappearance José Basini of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus has published a new book on the Guarani-Mbya people of Uruguay. Jose Basini (2015). Indios Num Pais Sem Indios: A estetico do desaparecimento: um estudo sobre imagens...
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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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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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