{"product_id":"the-imbalance-of-power-leadership-masculinity-and-wealth-in-the-amazon-9781789208429","title":"The Imbalance of Power: Leadership, Masculinity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAmerindian societies have an iconic status in classical political thought. For Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Rousseau, the native American ‘state of nature’ operates as a foil for the European polity. Challenging this tradition, \u003cem\u003eThe Imbalance of Power\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates ethnographically that the Carib speaking indigenous societies of the Guiana region of Amazonia do not fit conventional characterizations of ‘simple’ political units with ‘egalitarian’ political ideologies and ‘harmonious’ relationships with nature. Marc Brightman builds a persuasive and original theory of Amerindian politics: far from balanced and egalitarian, Carib societies are rife with tension and difference; but this imbalance conditions social dynamism and a distinctive mode of cohesion. \u003cem\u003eThe Imbalance of Power\u003c\/em\u003e is based on the author’s fieldwork in partnership with Vanessa Grotti, who is working on a companion volume entitled \u003cem\u003eLiving with the Enemy: First Contacts and the Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book makes a crucial contribution to Amazonian anthropology, bringing to the forefront a topic that has remained under-thematized in the last decades.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Carlos Fausto\u003c\/strong\u003e, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\"\u003cem\u003eThis remarkable book on indigenous leadership The Trio, Wayana and Akuriyo (all from the Upper Tapanahony, Suriname), skilfully uses the tools of anthropology to provide us with enlightening ethnography, far from the usual traps of isolation, environmentalism and indigenous resistance.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e· AIBR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tA note on Trio and Wayana orthography\u003cbr\u003e \tList of acronyms and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \tMaps\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGuianan Leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGuiana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Trio, Wayana and Akuriyo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFieldwork and its Limitations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructure and Scope of the Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Making Trio and Other Peoples\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEthnogenesis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Theory of Continuity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSubstance and Filiation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTelling Stories, Making Groups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTime, History and Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘The Trio’ as a Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEthnogenesis and Alterity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMissionisation and Ethnicity: The Contact of the Akuriyo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSlavery and Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMarriage and Manioc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStrategic Ethnicity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLeadership Inside and Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Houses and In-Laws\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLeadership, Inequality and the House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHouses and Housebuilders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe House as Artefact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Collective House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tScale and the Household\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConsanguinity, Affinity and the ‘Atom of Politics’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSymmetry and Asymmetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLeadership and the House as Idea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Trade, Money and Influence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEconomic Influence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tExchange and Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTrading with Maroons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMoney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Politics of Air Travel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAirborne Evangelism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe City, Prestige and Mobility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAir Entrepreneurship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPublic Speaking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLiteracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMetaphysical Communication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBible Economy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLeadership and Influence Beyond Consanguinity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Music and Ritual Capacities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructured Sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTortoiseshell Pipes: Individual and Collective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRattles and Shamanism: Percussion and Harmony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCapacity, Blowing and Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Music of the Other\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSpeech as Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCeremonial Dialogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMusic and Leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHeterophony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMusic and Difference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Owning Places and Persons\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Language of Possession\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMoveable Wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Value of Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNames and Places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGender Asymmetry and Women as Property\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOwnership, Wealth and Influence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Society Transcends the State\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e Trio Relationship Terminology\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042565751127,"sku":"9781789208429","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789208429.jpg?v=1750954666","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-imbalance-of-power-leadership-masculinity-and-wealth-in-the-amazon-9781789208429","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}