Huaorani transformations in twenty-first-century Ecuador : treks into the future of time / Laura Rival.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rival, Laura M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Huao Indians.

Acculturation--Ecuador--Oriente.

Acculturation.

Oriente (Ecuador)--Social conditions.

Oriente (Ecuador).

Ecuador.

Ecuador--Oriente.

Physical Description:

xi, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book draws on the author's twenty years of field research among the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador, offering a unique perspective on the people's culture and society"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: Among the forest beings. 1. Domesticating the landscape, producing crops, and reproducing society in Amazonia ; 2. Naming trees ; 3. Historical ecology in Amazonia

Part II: In the longhouse. 4. Human birth : hosting a new life ; 5. Living well : Huaorani sensuality and happiness ; 6. Femininity and masculinity in Huaorani land

Part III: In the midst of enemies. 7. Forests of abundance ; 8. Prey at war ; 9. Inside President Correa's citizen revolution

Appendix A. Letter to President Correa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-331) and index.

ISBN:

9780816501199

081650119X

OCLC:

929545374