Strange enemies : indigenous agency and scenes of encounters in Amazonia / Aparecida Vilaca ; translated by David Rodgers.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Vilaca, Aparecida, 1958-

Series:

• Cultures and practice of violence series.
• e-Duke books scholarly collection.
• Cultures and practice of violence

Standardized Title:

• Quem somos nós. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Pakaasnovos Indians--History.
• Pakaasnovos Indians--Social life and customs.
• Indians of South America--Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions.

Contents:

• The foreigner
• The enemy
• The white enemy
• The foreigner, the dead
• The brother-in-law
• The motives of the whites
• The widening river : contact with the OroNao of the whites
• "The enemy says he's OroNao" : contact with the OroWaram, OroWaramXijein, and OroMon
• The great expedition : contact with the OroNao', OroEo, and OroAt on the Negro and Ocaia rivers.

Notes:

• Originally published in Portuguese: Brazil : Editora UFRJ, 2006.
• Description based on print version record
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9786613065070
• 9781283065078
• 128306507X
• 9780822391289
• 0822391287

OCLC:

645336543