Landscapes of devils : tensions of place and memory in the Argentinean Chaco / Gaston R. Gordillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordillo, Gastón.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toba Indians--Social life and customs.

Toba Indians.

Toba Indians--Psychology.

Human geography--Argentina--Chaco.

Human geography.

Geographical perception--Argentina--Chaco.

Geographical perception.

Memory--Social aspects--Argentina--Chaco.

Memory.

Chaco (Argentina)--History.

Chaco (Argentina).

Chaco (Argentina)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the inscription of historical forces in the senses of place of the Tobas, an indigenous people of the Argentinean Chaco region whose recent history has been torn between exploitation in sugar plantations and relative autonomy in the bush.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I The Making of the Bush; 1. Landmarks of Memory; 2. Heaven and Hell; 3. Places of Violence; 4. Searching for Our Fathers; 5. A Kind of Sanctuary; 6. ''In the Bush, You Can Do Anything''; II Bones in the Cane Fields; 7. The Promised Land; 8. ''It Seemed Like We Lived There''; 9. The Breath of the Devils; 10. ''We Returned Rich''; 11. ''Dancing, Dancing, Dancing''; 12. ''We Didn't Go on Strike''; III Foraging Until the End of the World; 13. ''We're Not Going to Die''; 14. The Production of Local Knowledge

15. ''With the Fish,We're Rich''16. Journeys to Strange Lands; 17. Locations of Contention and Hegemony; 18. The Other Side; Conclusions; Glossary; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-296) and index.

ISBN:

9786613023896

9781283023894

128302389X

9780822386025

082238602X

OCLC:

648584512