{"product_id":"amazonian-kichwa-of-the-curaray-river-9781496228802","title":"Amazonian Kichwa of the Curaray River","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ethnography explores ways in which Amazonian Kichwa narrative, ritual, and concepts of place link extended kin groups into a regional society within Amazonian Ecuador.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This historically informed ethnography is a major achievement. It is hoped that the book will stimulate further such approaches in the future.\"—Mark Harris, \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAmazonian Kichwa of the Curaray River\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePuyo Runa: Imagery and Power in Modern Amazonia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAmazonian Kichwa of the Curaray River\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Ecology of the Spoken Word: Amazonian Storytelling and the Shamanism among the Napo Runa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Landscape and Kinship in a Regional Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Ayllu and Llacta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Runa on the Curaray River\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Ritual of Community \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Ayllu across the Regional Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Healing, Song, and Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Enduring Regional Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409237942615,"sku":"9781496228802","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496228802.jpg?v=1730506091","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/amazonian-kichwa-of-the-curaray-river-9781496228802","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}