Editing Eden: A Reconsideration of Identity, Politics, and Place in Amazonia - Couverture souple

 
9780803216129: Editing Eden: A Reconsideration of Identity, Politics, and Place in Amazonia
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ISBN 10 : 0803216122 ISBN 13 : 9780803216129
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2010

Synopsis

Recent scholarship on the Amazon has challenged depictions of the region that emphasize its natural exuberance or represent its residents as historically isolated peoples stoically resisting challenges from powerful global forces. The contributors to this volume follow this lead by situating the discussion of the Amazon and its inhabitants at the intersections of identity politics, debates about socioeconomic sovereignty, and processes of place making. Editing Eden focuses on case studies from Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador regarding the themes of indigeneity, community making, development politics, and the transcendence of indigenous/nonindigenous divides. Portraits of the Amazon emerge through an analysis of indigenous identity as a product of multiple sources, including state policies toward Amazonian populations, the views of foreign ecotourists, the agendas of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and accounts of journalists. At the same time, indigenous and nonindigenous Amazonians challenge the representations constructed for and about them by integrating anthropologists and other nonlocals into their reciprocal systems of gift giving, or by utilizing NGO or ecotourist dollars to support their own cultural agendas. Editing Eden offers insights from leading anthropologists of the region, providing perspectives on the Amazon beyond the counterfeit paradise but short of El Dorado.

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À propos de l?auteur

Frank Hutchins is an associate professor of anthropology at Bellarmine University in Kentucky. Patrick C. Wilson is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803216122
ISBN 13 
9780803216129
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
306
Éditeur
Hutchins Frank, Wilson Patrick C.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780803228313: Editing Eden: A Reconsideration of Identity, Politics, and Place in Amazonia

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ISBN 10 :  0803228317 ISBN 13 :  9780803228313
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2010
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