Landscapes of Devils : Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco
Gastón R. Gordillo
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Durham : : Duke University Press, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (328 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I The Making of the Bush; 1. Landmarks of Memory; 2. Heaven and Hell; 3. Places of Violence; 4. Searching for Our Fathers; 5. A Kind of Sanctuary; 6. ''In the Bush, You Can Do Anything''; II Bones in the Cane Fields; 7. The Promised Land; 8. ''It Seemed Like We Lived There''; 9. The Breath of the Devils; 10. ''We Returned Rich''; 11. ''Dancing, Dancing, Dancing''; 12. ''We Didn't Go on Strike''; III Foraging Until the End of the World; 13. ''We're Not Going to Die''; 14. The Production of Local Knowledge. - 15. ''With the Fish,We're Rich''16. Journeys to Strange Lands; 17. Locations of Contention and Hegemony; 18. The Other Side; Conclusions; Glossary; Notes; References; Index. - Examines the inscription of historical forces in the senses of place of the Tobas, an indigenous people of the Argentinean Chaco region whose recent history has been torn between exploitation in sugar plantations and relative autonomy in the bush.
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| Emner | Chaco (Argentina) - History
Chaco (Argentina) - Social life and customs Geographical perception - Argentina Chaco Human geography - Argentina Chaco Vis mer... Memory - Social aspects - Argentina Chaco
Toba Indians - Psychology Toba Indians - Social life and customs History & Archaeology Latin America Regions & Countries - Americas argentina antropologi landskap hukommelse sosialantropologi |
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| ISBN | 0822333805. - 0822333910
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