{"product_id":"nurturing-the-other-first-contacts-and-the-making-of-christian-bodies-in-amazonia-9781800734586","title":"Nurturing the Other: First Contacts and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tCombining archival research, oral history and long-term ethnography, this book studies relations between Amerindians and outsiders, such as American missionaries, through a series of contact expeditions that led to the 'pacification' of three native Amazonian groups in Suriname and French Guiana. The author examines and contrasts Amerindian and non-Amerindian views on this process of social transformation through the lens of the body, notions of peacefulness and kinship, as well as native warfare and shamanism. The book addresses questions of change and continuity, and the little explored links between first contacts, capture and native conversion to Christianity in contemporary indigenous Amazonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Supported by 18 illustrations, copious endnotes, and a seven-page index, this volume will be useful to all sociocultural anthropologists focusing on lowland South America…\u003c\/em\u003eRecommended\u003cem\u003e.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Offers a unique perspective on the complexity of indigenous Amazonia today. By studying interactions between Christianized horticulturalists (\u003c\/em\u003eTrio\u003cem\u003e and \u003c\/em\u003eWayana\u003cem\u003e) and 'wild' people (\u003c\/em\u003eAkuriyo\u003cem\u003e) with whom peaceful contact has more recently been established, Grotti avoids the usual pitfall of presenting a specific case study as typical of Amazonia in general.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Olivier Allard\u003c\/strong\u003e, Collège de France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tAå Note on the Orthography of Trio and Wayana\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Making of Christian Bodies: Kinship and Pacification in Daily Village Life\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Drinking with the Enemy: Social and Bodily Transformations at Communal Feasts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nurture as Predation: Contact Expeditions to the ‘Wild People’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Wealth of the Body: Materiality, Corporeality and Nurture in Central Guiana\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042745483607,"sku":"9781800734586","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800734586.jpg?v=1750955440","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nurturing-the-other-first-contacts-and-the-making-of-christian-bodies-in-amazonia-9781800734586","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}