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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
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