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Stephen Nugent
Savage cannibal or utopian proto-environmentalist? Nugent examines both popular images of Amazon peoples in film and general books as well as changing anthropological views of the rainforest and its people.
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Critiques the claims of authoritativeness inherent in visual images presented by anthropologists of Amazon life in the early 20th century and compares them with the images found in books, movies…
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Editor Stephen Nugent brings together some of critical anthropology’s most influential writings by major scholars, pairing key articles with lively rebuttals and new introductions that detail the continuing influence of…
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Amazonian Caboclo Society is concerned with peasant society in Brazilian Amazonia. Most anthropological work in Amazonia has focused on Indian groups, and caboclos (peasants of mixed ancestry) have generally been…
Stephen L. Nugent
Nugent offers the first in-depth historical anthropology of the most widely recognised feature of the Amazonian region - the dramatic rise and fall of the Amazon rubber industry –
The purpose of this book is to indicate the diversity of Amazonian societies and to try to contribute to the extension of the anthropology of Amazonia beyond its traditional limits.
Drawing on a diverse, comparative ethnographic literature, this volume examines the intimate spaces and cultural practices of those elites who occupy positions of power and authority across a variety of…
What makes an elite? This authoritative new volume examines elite groups in power across Europe, North America, Mexico, Peru, Indonesia and Africa to answer this question fully at a time…
