{"product_id":"victims-and-warriors-violence-history-and-memory-in-amazonia-hardback-9780252039058","title":"Victims and Warriors; Violence, History, and Memory in Amazonia (Hardback) 9780252039058","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVictims and Warriors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eViolence, History, and Memory in Amazonia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCasey High (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252039058\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 20 black and white photographs, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 1.501 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Casey High weaves together memories, facts and fantasies as these occur in contemporary Ecuadorian Amazonia, offering us a fascinating picture of Waorani life today. This highly original book takes us a step further in the understanding of current sociocultural transformations among Amazonian indigenous peoples.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Carlos Fausto, National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"An exciting analysis of the most intimate aspects of memory and experience in a contemporary Amazonian indigenous group in dialogue with its own stereotypes. . . . A compelling book not only for anthropologists but for anyone interested in contemporary Amerindian groups.\"--\u003ci\u003eEuropean Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"What do Bruce Lee, American missionaries being speared to death, Amerindians dancing in a national pride day, urban warrior performances, and a deeply felt sense of victimhood possibly have in common? In a refined narrative, Casey High weaves together memories, facts and fantasies as these occur in contemporary Ecuadorian Amazonia, offering us a fascinating picture of Waorani life today. This highly original book takes us a step further in the understanding of current sociocultural transformations among Amazonian indigenous peoples.\"--Carlos Fausto, National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1956, a group of Waorani men killed five North American missionaries in Ecuador. The event cemented the Waorani's reputation as \"\"wild Amazonian Indians\"\" in the eyes of the outside world. It also added to the myth of the violent Amazon created by colonial writers and still found in academia and the state development agendas across the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictims and Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e examines contemporary violence in the context of political and economic processes that transcend local events. Casey High explores how popular imagery of Amazonian violence has become part of Waorani social memory in oral histories, folklore performances, and indigenous political activism. As Amazonian forms of social memory merge with constructions of masculinity and other intercultural processes, the Waorani absorb missionaries, oil development, and logging depredations into their legacy of revenge killings and narratives of victimhood. High shows that these memories of past violence form sites of negotiation and cultural innovation, and thus violence comes to constitute a central part of Amazonian sociality, identity, and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCopyright\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eChapter 1. Civilized Victims\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eChapter 2. Becoming Warriors\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eChapter 3. Like the Ancient Ones\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eChapter 4. Lost People and Distant Kin\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eChapter 5. Intimate Others\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eChapter 6. Shamans and Enemies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eChapter 7. Victims and Warriors\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAfterword\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520662761752,"sku":"9780252039058","price":87.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/victims-and-warriors-violence-history-and-memory-in-amazonia-hardback-9780252039058","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}