Imbalance of Power

Leadership, Masculinity and Wealth in the Amazon

AvMarc Brightman

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Amerindian societies have an iconic status in classical political thought. For Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Rousseau, the native American ‘state of nature’ operates as a foil for the European polity. Challenging this tradition, The Imbalance of Power demonstrates ethnographically that the Carib speaking indigenous societies of the Guiana region of Amazonia do not fit conventional characterizations of ‘simple’ political units with ‘egalitarian’ political ideologies and ‘harmonious’ relationships with nature. Marc Brightman builds a persuasive and original theory of Amerindian politics: far from balanced and egalitarian, Carib societies are rife with tension and difference; but this imbalance conditions social dynamism and a distinctive mode of cohesion. The Imbalance of Power is based on the author’s fieldwork in partnership with Vanessa Grotti, who is working on a companion volume entitled Living with the Enemy: First Contacts and the Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-01-14
Mått:229 x 150 x 11 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:206
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781789208429

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Marc Brightman is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bologna. He has published on a variety of topics including ownership, indigenous movements, animism and forest governance.

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“This book makes a crucial contribution to Amazonian anthropology, bringing to the forefront a topic that has remained under-thematized in the last decades.” · Carlos Fausto, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro"This remarkable book on indigenous leadership The Trio, Wayana and Akuriyo (all from the Upper Tapanahony, Suriname), skilfully uses the tools of anthropology to provide us with enlightening ethnography, far from the usual traps of isolation, environmentalism and indigenous resistance." · AIBR

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PrefaceAcknowledgementsA note on Trio and Wayana orthographyList of acronyms and abbreviationsMapsIntroductionGuianan LeadershipGuianaThe Trio, Wayana and AkuriyoFieldwork and its LimitationsStructure and Scope of the BookChapter 1. Making Trio and Other PeoplesEthnogenesisA Theory of ContinuitySubstance and FiliationTelling Stories, Making GroupsTime, History and Identity‘The Trio’ as a GroupEthnogenesis and AlterityMissionisation and Ethnicity: The Contact of the AkuriyoSlavery and IdentityMarriage and ManiocStrategic EthnicityLeadership Inside and OutChapter 2. Houses and In-LawsLeadership, Inequality and the HouseHouses and HousebuildersThe House as ArtefactThe Collective HouseScale and the HouseholdConsanguinity, Affinity and the ‘Atom of Politics’Symmetry and AsymmetryLeadership and the House as IdeaChapter 3. Trade, Money and InfluenceEconomic InfluenceExchange and TradeTrading with MaroonsMoneyThe Politics of Air TravelAirborne EvangelismThe City, Prestige and MobilityAir EntrepreneurshipPublic SpeakingLiteracyMetaphysical CommunicationBible EconomyLeadership and Influence Beyond ConsanguinityChapter 4. Music and Ritual CapacitiesStructured SoundTortoiseshell Pipes: Individual and CollectiveRattles and Shamanism: Percussion and HarmonyCapacity, Blowing and SongThe Music of the OtherSpeech as MusicCeremonial DialogueMusic and LeadershipHeterophonyMusic and DifferenceChapter 5. Owning Places and PersonsThe Language of PossessionMoveable WealthThe Value of LandNames and PlacesGender Asymmetry and Women as PropertyOwnership, Wealth and InfluenceConclusion: Society Transcends the StateGlossaryAppendix: Trio Relationship TerminologyReferences