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Mapuche Indians. --- Soldiers --- Mestizos --- South America--Patagonia

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"Esta obra discute a construção da narrativa histórica dos povos indígenas, refletindo sobre seu vínculo tenso e permanente com a perspectiva do Ocidente. Essa relação levou historiadores, antropólogos e linguistas, a partir de diferentes perspectivas e com diferentes tipos de fontes, a remexer nos discursos contidos nos testemunhos para encontrar o tradicional e o novo, o permanente e o que mudou nas representações e na identidade de nossas populações nativas, enfatizando sua contribuição cultural e social à configuração de nossas sociedades modernas e contemporâneas. Nos dez ensaios que compõem este livro, os autores recorrem a fontes documentais – iconografias, crônicas, filmes, registros orais – e à historiografia para abordar diferentes temas relativos à representação cultural dos grupos indígenas."

Indians of South America --- History. --- HISTORY

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"Esta obra discute a construção da narrativa histórica dos povos indígenas, refletindo sobre seu vínculo tenso e permanente com a perspectiva do Ocidente. Essa relação levou historiadores, antropólogos e linguistas, a partir de diferentes perspectivas e com diferentes tipos de fontes, a remexer nos discursos contidos nos testemunhos para encontrar o tradicional e o novo, o permanente e o que mudou nas representações e na identidade de nossas populações nativas, enfatizando sua contribuição cultural e social à configuração de nossas sociedades modernas e contemporâneas. Nos dez ensaios que compõem este livro, os autores recorrem a fontes documentais – iconografias, crônicas, filmes, registros orais – e à historiografia para abordar diferentes temas relativos à representação cultural dos grupos indígenas."

Indians of South America --- HISTORY --- History. --- HISTORY

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The warp-faced weaves of the Andes are the most complex in the world. While existing studies of Andean textiles use a technical language derived from other textile traditions (mainly tapestry from Europe and the Near East), this book takes as its starting point the technical terms in the Aymara and Quechua languages used by Andean weavers themselves. The result is a completely new way of understanding one of the great craft traditions of the world. Authors Denise Y. Arnold and Elvira Espejo have worked with weavers across the region to understand this technical language and have studied more than 700 textile samples in world-class museums and private collections (including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and collections in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile). 'The Andean science of weaving' is a work of groundbreaking scholarship, technically detailed, but also a celebration of one of the most gorgeous and sophisticated weaving traditions in the world. It will be of great interest to practical weavers, museum curators, anthropologists, art historians, archaeologists, and anyone with a love for Latin America and its rich craft traditions.

Indian textile fabrics --- Hand weaving --- Indians of South America --- Antiquities.

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"For many indigenous groups living in lowland South America, tobacco is a seminal 'master plant', a blessing from the gods that is an essential element in human and non-human relationships, as well as a source of everyday health and wellbeing. This contrasts markedly with the demonic position it holds in contemporary public health discourse. This book presents contemporary accounts from leading anthropologists and other researchers who have first-hand experience of the role of tobacco in the lives of indigenous peoples of lowland South America: the 'source' region of this important plant. Offering the first critical overview and comparison of tobacco in local ethnographic contexts, this study will be essential reading not only for those interested in the culture, society and history of Latin America but also for public health academics and practitioners working in tobacco control who are seeking alternative perspectives on this ubiquitous plant."--

Tobacco --- History. --- Social aspects --- South America --- Social life and customs.