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Anthropologies of Guayana
Cultural Spaces in Northeastern Amazonia
Edited by Neil L. Whitehead and Stephanie Alemán
The University of Arizona Press
This important collection brings together the work of scholars from North America, South America, and Europe to reveal the anthropological significance of Guayana, the ancient realm of El Dorado and still the scene of gold and diamond mining. Beginning with the earliest civilizations of the region, the chapters focus on the historical ecology of the rain forest and the archaeological record up to the sixteenth century, as well as ethnography, ethnology, and perceptions of space. The book features extensive discussions of the history of a range of indigenous groups, such as the Waiwai, Trio, Wajãpi, and Palikur. Contributions analyze the emergence of a postcolonial national society, the contrasts between the coastlands and upland regions, and the significance of race and violence in contemporary politics.
At the Desert's Green Edge
An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima
The University of Arizona Press
Winner of the Society for Economic Botany’s Klinger Book Award, this is the first complete ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima, presented from the perspective of the Pimas themselves.
Staking Claim
Settler Colonialism and Racialization in Hawai'i
By Judy Rohrer
The University of Arizona Press
Staking Claim analyzes Hawai‘i at the crossroads of competing claims for identity, belonging, and political status. Judy Rohrer argues that the dual settler colonial processes of racializing native Hawaiians (erasing their indigeneity), and indigenizing non-Hawaiians, enable the staking of non-Hawaiian claims to Hawai‘i.
Huaorani Transformations in Twenty-First-Century Ecuador
Treks into the Future of Time
By Laura Rival
The University of Arizona Press
Like the Amazon forest where the Huaorani people find so much natural abundance, Laura Rival’s book is rich in insights. Capitalizing on her decades-long study and interactions in the community, Huaorani Transformations in Twenty-First-Century Ecuador brings new insights to the Huaorani’s unique way of relating to humans, to other-than-humans, and to the forest landscape they have inhabited for centuries.
Stand Up and Fight
Participatory Indigenismo, Populism, and Mobilization in Mexico, 1970–1984
The University of Arizona Press
Stand Up and Fight is the opening analysis of the First National Congress of Indigenous Peoples in Mexico. The author uses never-before-available documents to trace the political history of a group of indigenous leaders and government representatives who defined politics in their own terms during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy
Edited by Galen Brokaw and Jongsoo Lee
The University of Arizona Press
Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy provides a much-needed overview of the life, work, and contribution of an important seventeenth-century historian. The volume explores the complexities of Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s life and works, revising and broadening our understanding of his racial and cultural identity and his contribution to Mexican history.
Uprooting Community
Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
The University of Arizona Press
Uprooting Community examines the political cross-currents that resulted in detention of Japanese Mexicans during World War II. Selfa A. Chew reveals how the entire multiethnic social fabric of the borderlands was reconfigured by the absence of Japanese Mexicans.
Intimate Grammars
An Ethnography of Navajo Poetry
The University of Arizona Press
Through the work of poets such as Luci Tapahonso, Laura Tohe, Rex Lee Jim, Gloria Emerson, Blackhorse Mitchell, Esther Belin, Sherwin Bitsui, and many others, Webster provides new ways of thinking about contemporary Navajo poets and poetry. Intimate Grammars offers an exciting new ethnography of speaking, ethnopoetics, and discourse-centered examinations of language and culture.
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