Description
Book SynopsisThis ethnography explores ways in which Amazonian Kichwa narrative, ritual, and concepts of place link extended kin groups into a regional society within Amazonian Ecuador.
Trade Review"The text, supplemented with copious endnotes, a substantial index, and a short glossary, will be broadly useful to social scientists focusing on topics relating to kinship and indigenous societies and more specifically valuable to Andeanists."—D. L. Browman,
Choice"This historically informed ethnography is a major achievement. It is hoped that the book will stimulate further such approaches in the future."—Mark Harris,
Hispanic American Historical Review"Reeve's book provides the next generation of ethnographers with solid ground upon which to build a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of Amazonian kinship and relations over time and space."—Christina Callicott,
American Anthropologist“
Amazonian Kichwa of the Curaray River offers a way to understand both small-scale Indigenous life and large-scale Indigenous geocultural relationships in a unified framework. This is a major contribution to the field of Indigenous studies, Latin American studies, and Amazonian studies. It will become a must-read.”—Norman E. Whitten Jr., author of
Puyo Runa: Imagery and Power in Modern Amazonia“
Amazonian Kichwa of the Curaray River presents an original and nuanced argument about kinship that shows how Amazonian people live through relational systems of kinship that span space, time, and ecological relations with the landscape. . . . This book is based on a lifetime of careful study, thought, and fieldwork. . . . The writing style is clear, fluid, and compelling.”—Michael Uzendoski, coauthor of
The Ecology of the Spoken Word: Amazonian Storytelling and the Shamanism among the Napo RunaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Landscape and Kinship in a Regional Society
2. Ayllu and Llacta
3. Runa on the Curaray River
4. The Ritual of Community
5. Ayllu across the Regional Society
6. Healing, Song, and Narrative
7. The Enduring Regional Society
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
