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Amazonian Kichwa of the Curaray River : kinship and history in the Western Amazon / Mary-Elizabeth Reeve.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reeve, Mary-Elizabeth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Curaray River Region (Ecuador and Peru).
- Ethnicity.
- Quechua Indians--Kinship.
- Quechua Indians.
- Quechua Indians--Curaray River Region (Ecuador and Peru).
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru)--History.
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This ethnography explores ways in which Amazonian Kichwa narrative, ritual, and concepts of place link extended kin groups into a regional society within Amazonian Ecuador.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Landscape and Kinship in a Regional Society
- 2. Ayllu and Llacta
- 3. Runa on the Curaray River
- 4. The Ritual of Community
- 5. Ayllu across the Regional Society
- 6. Healing, Song, and Narrative
- 7. The Enduring Regional Society
- Glossary
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4962-2880-4
- OCLC:
- 1281249286
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