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Author Nahum-Claudel, Chloe, author

Title Vital diplomacy : the ritual everyday on a dammed river in Amazonia / Chloe Nahum-Claudel
Edition 1st edition
Published [New York] : Berghahn Books, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Ethnography, theory, experiment ; 5
Ethnography, theory, experiment ; 5.
Contents Mastery and subjection at the fishing dams -- The fishermen return 'like Yakairiti' -- Routine ritualism and a festival of abundance -- Affinal diplomacy in a united, egalitarian society -- Cosmic diplomacy : cooking, curing and crafting human life -- Yankwa's foreign diplomacy and Saluma's defiance
Summary "In Brazil, where forest meets savanna, new towns, agribusiness and hydroelectricity plants form a patchwork with the indigenous territories. Here, agricultural work, fishing, songs, feasts and exchanges occupy the Enawenê-nawê for eight months of each year, during a season called Yankwa. Vital Diplomacy focuses on this major ceremonial cycle to shed new light on classic Amazonian themes such as kinship, gender, manioc cultivation and cuisine, relations with non-humans and foreigners, and the interplay of myth and practice, exploring how ritual contains and diverts the threat of violence by reconciling antagonistic spirits, coordinating social and gender divides, and channelling foreign relations and resources"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Saluma Indians -- Brazil -- Rites and ceremonies
Saluma Indians -- Fishing -- Amazon River Region
Political anthropology -- Amazon River Region -- Philosophy
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Political anthropology -- Philosophy
Amazon River Region
Brazil
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018015607
ISBN 9781785334078
1785334077