Elizabeth Ewart is university lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK.

Elizabeth Ewart provides a compelling ethnographic account of how the Panara, an indigenous group living in central Brazil, understand space and society ... This is a fascinating read that will be useful for students interested in ethnographies, indigenous groups, and the meanings and interactions of space and society. -- Andreza de Souza Santos LSE Review of Books Elizabeth Ewart very effectively analyzes an Amazonian group that only came into regular contact with the outside world in the 1970s, engaging with classic literature on the subject of Amazonian (specifically Ge) social organization to discover how that organization works in the present and by extension how it has probably always worked. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database

• IntroductionPart One: Villages and ObjectsThe View from the HouseThe View from the CentreSoti - the Value of ThingsPart Two: Others and SelvesHipe - Enemies and OthersHipe Within - Witches and WitchcraftThe Making of PeoplePeanutsConclusionBibliographyIndex

Elizabeth Ewart is university lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK.

Elizabeth Ewart provides a compelling ethnographic account of how the Panara, an indigenous group living in central Brazil, understand space and society ... This is a fascinating read that will be useful for students interested in ethnographies, indigenous groups, and the meanings and interactions of space and society. -- Andreza de Souza Santos LSE Review of Books Elizabeth Ewart very effectively analyzes an Amazonian group that only came into regular contact with the outside world in the 1970s, engaging with classic literature on the subject of Amazonian (specifically Ge) social organization to discover how that organization works in the present and by extension how it has probably always worked. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database

• IntroductionPart One: Villages and ObjectsThe View from the HouseThe View from the CentreSoti - the Value of ThingsPart Two: Others and SelvesHipe - Enemies and OthersHipe Within - Witches and WitchcraftThe Making of PeoplePeanutsConclusionBibliographyIndex