Trekking through history : the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador /
Rival, Laura M.,
Trekking through history : the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador / Laura M. Rival. - 1 online resource (xx, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps - The historical ecology series . - Historical ecology series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
THE HISTORICAL ECOLOGY SERIES; [Contents]; Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; Trekking Through History; CHAPTER ONE: Trekking in Amazonia; Cross-Cultural Generalizations About Amazonian Societies; Amazon Trekkers; CHAPTER TWO: The Upper Amazon from Omagua Expansion to Zaparo Collapse; Historiography and Isolationist People; The Presence of Tupian People in the Upper Amazon; The Napo-Curaray Geopolitical Landscape at the Time of Correrías; The Fate of Zaparoan Peoples During the Rubber Era; Recorded Huaorani History. Historical Isolation, Adaptation, and ContinuityCHAPTER THREE: The Time and Space of Huaorani Nomadic Isolationism; Knowing, Remembering, and Representing the Past; Primeval Predation and Survival; Anger and Homicide; Warfare, History, and Kinship; From the Victim's Point of View; CHAPTER FOUR: Harvesting the Forest's Natural Abundance; An Economy of Procurement; Chonta Palm Groves, Fructification, and Forest Bounty; The Giving Environment; CHAPTER FIVE: Coming Back to the Longhouse; The Longhouse: To Belong and to Reside; The Sharing Economy; Affinal Pairing and Maternal Multiplicity. The Dialectics of Incorporation and SeparationA Gap in the Canopy; CHAPTER SIX: Eëmë Festivals: Ceremonial Increase and Marriage Alliance; Ahuene: The Tree Couple; The Human Birds; Birds and Wild Boars; Tying the Knot; Ceremonial Drinking, "Wild" Marriages, and Social Distance; The Asymmetry Between Hosts and Guests; Alliance and Residence: A Comparative Perspective; Photos; CHAPTER SEVEN: Schools in the Rain Forest; Schooling, Identity, and Cultural Politics; Legacy of the Summer Institute of Linguistics; We Want Schools to Become Civilized; Civilized Bodies in the Making. Schools as Public Centers of WealthTrekking Away from School Villages; The Naturalization of Impersonal Donors; CHAPTER EIGHT: Prey at the Center; Notes; References; Index.
The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by western civilization. Since their first encounter with North American missionaries in 1956, they have held a special place i.
0231506228 (electronic bk.) 9780231506229 (electronic bk.) (cloth) (pbk.)
10.7312/riva11844 doi
EB00662298 Recorded Books
22573/cttgq5tj JSTOR 8E717EC8-056B-4257-824D-90BD36AAC4E2 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Huao Indians--Migrations.
Huao Indians--History.
Huao Indians--Social life and customs.
Nomads--History.--Ecuador
Waorani (Indiens)--Migrations.
Waorani (Indiens)--Histoire.
Waorani (Indiens)--Mœurs et coutumes.
Nomades--Histoire.--Équateur
HISTORY.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Ecology.
Huao Indians.
Huao Indians--Social life and customs.
Nomads.
Huaorani
Waorani.
Jagers en verzamelaars.
Ecuador.
Ecuador
Auka.
Electronic books.
History.
F3722.1.H83 / R58 2002eb
986.6/00498
Trekking through history : the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador / Laura M. Rival. - 1 online resource (xx, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps - The historical ecology series . - Historical ecology series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
THE HISTORICAL ECOLOGY SERIES; [Contents]; Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; Trekking Through History; CHAPTER ONE: Trekking in Amazonia; Cross-Cultural Generalizations About Amazonian Societies; Amazon Trekkers; CHAPTER TWO: The Upper Amazon from Omagua Expansion to Zaparo Collapse; Historiography and Isolationist People; The Presence of Tupian People in the Upper Amazon; The Napo-Curaray Geopolitical Landscape at the Time of Correrías; The Fate of Zaparoan Peoples During the Rubber Era; Recorded Huaorani History. Historical Isolation, Adaptation, and ContinuityCHAPTER THREE: The Time and Space of Huaorani Nomadic Isolationism; Knowing, Remembering, and Representing the Past; Primeval Predation and Survival; Anger and Homicide; Warfare, History, and Kinship; From the Victim's Point of View; CHAPTER FOUR: Harvesting the Forest's Natural Abundance; An Economy of Procurement; Chonta Palm Groves, Fructification, and Forest Bounty; The Giving Environment; CHAPTER FIVE: Coming Back to the Longhouse; The Longhouse: To Belong and to Reside; The Sharing Economy; Affinal Pairing and Maternal Multiplicity. The Dialectics of Incorporation and SeparationA Gap in the Canopy; CHAPTER SIX: Eëmë Festivals: Ceremonial Increase and Marriage Alliance; Ahuene: The Tree Couple; The Human Birds; Birds and Wild Boars; Tying the Knot; Ceremonial Drinking, "Wild" Marriages, and Social Distance; The Asymmetry Between Hosts and Guests; Alliance and Residence: A Comparative Perspective; Photos; CHAPTER SEVEN: Schools in the Rain Forest; Schooling, Identity, and Cultural Politics; Legacy of the Summer Institute of Linguistics; We Want Schools to Become Civilized; Civilized Bodies in the Making. Schools as Public Centers of WealthTrekking Away from School Villages; The Naturalization of Impersonal Donors; CHAPTER EIGHT: Prey at the Center; Notes; References; Index.
The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by western civilization. Since their first encounter with North American missionaries in 1956, they have held a special place i.
0231506228 (electronic bk.) 9780231506229 (electronic bk.) (cloth) (pbk.)
10.7312/riva11844 doi
EB00662298 Recorded Books
22573/cttgq5tj JSTOR 8E717EC8-056B-4257-824D-90BD36AAC4E2 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Huao Indians--Migrations.
Huao Indians--History.
Huao Indians--Social life and customs.
Nomads--History.--Ecuador
Waorani (Indiens)--Migrations.
Waorani (Indiens)--Histoire.
Waorani (Indiens)--Mœurs et coutumes.
Nomades--Histoire.--Équateur
HISTORY.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Ecology.
Huao Indians.
Huao Indians--Social life and customs.
Nomads.
Huaorani
Waorani.
Jagers en verzamelaars.
Ecuador.
Ecuador
Auka.
Electronic books.
History.
F3722.1.H83 / R58 2002eb
986.6/00498