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October

LIEDER DER RICHTIGEN MENSCHEN by B. Brabec de Mori (2015)

October 14, 2015

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Die Lieder der Richtigen Menschen: Musikalische Kulturanthropologie der indigenen Bevölkerung im Ucayali-Tal, Westamazonien By Bernd Brabec de Mori Helbling Verlag, 2015 I gladly announce the launching of my book Die Lider der Richtigen Menschen: Musikalische Kulturanthropologie der indigenen Bevölkerung im Ucayali-Tal, Westamazonien ("Songs of the Real People. A Musical...

October

CONJURING PROPERTY by J. Campbell (2015)

October 13, 2015

In 2015 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon By Jeremy M. Campbell University of Washington Press, 2015 Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon is winner of the 2017 James M. Blaut Award from the Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group of the...

October

NATURALISTS IN PARADISE by J. Hemming (2015)

October 1, 2015

In 2015 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon By John Hemmings London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015 Naturalists in Paradise recounts how Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce, young English naturalists, went out to the Brazilian Amazon in 1848/49. Although of humble...

December

UPRIVER by M. F. Brown (2014)

December 2, 2014

In 2014 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

Upriver: The Turbulent Life and Times of an Amazonian People By Michael F. Brown Harvard University Press, 2014 In this remarkable book (Upriver: The Turbulent Life and Times of an Amazonian People) that tells the remarkable story of one man’s encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown...

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

By SALSA

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...