The Bakairí Indians of Brazil : Politics, Ecology, and Change
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Book Description
An up-close portrayal of how a remarkable indigenous people of Brazil have managed to hold on to many of their traditions after years of contact with mainstream Brazilian culture! For over two decades, Picchi has documented how the Bakairi Indians have addressed and endured change. Her longitudinal perspective reveals how the Bakairi are responding to what is happening around them and charting a course in the new century. Written in an accessible, conversational style, without avoiding complex issues, this work represents one of the first ethnographies on South American Indians to espouse political ecology explicitly as a theoretical orientation. As such, it details how a people have actively developed options for presenting their culture to outsiders in the age of ecotourism and multiculturalism, while weaving together an eclectic production system in their reservation.
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Consider this title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Kensinger, How Real People Ought to Live: The Cashinahua of Eastern Peru (ISBN 0881338478).
The Bakairí Indians of Brazil : Politics, Ecology, and Change
The Bakairí Indians of Brazil : Politics, Ecology, and Change,Debra Picchi,Waveland Pr Inc,1577661214,Bakairi Indians,Brazil,History & Theory - General,Human Services,Political Science,Political ecology,Politics/International Relations,Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural,Anthropology - Cultural,Anthropology, Cultural,Cultural And Social Anthropology,Ethnology,Indians of South America,Social Science
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