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Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon
Laura Zanotti
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Description for Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon
Hardback. Sheds light on the creative and groundbreaking efforts Kayapo peoples deploy to protect their lands and livelihoods. Tracing the complex politics of the Kayapo's homeland, Laura Zanotti advances approaches to understanding how indigenous peoples cultivate self-determination strategies in conflict-ridden landscapes. Series: Native Peoples of the Americas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Indigenous groups are facing unprecedented global challenges in this time of unparalleled environmental and geopolitical change, a time that has intensified human rights concerns and called for political and economic restructuring. Within this landscape of struggle, the Kayapó, an indigenous nation in the central Brazilian Amazon, emerge as leaders in the fight.
Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon sheds light on the creative and groundbreaking efforts Kayapó peoples deploy to protect their lands and livelihoods. Now at the front lines of cultivating diversified strategies for resitance, the Kayapó are creating a powerful activist base, experimenting with non-timber forest ... Read more
Indigenous groups are facing unprecedented global challenges in this time of unparalleled environmental and geopolitical change, a time that has intensified human rights concerns and called for political and economic restructuring. Within this landscape of struggle, the Kayapó, an indigenous nation in the central Brazilian Amazon, emerge as leaders in the fight.
Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon sheds light on the creative and groundbreaking efforts Kayapó peoples deploy to protect their lands and livelihoods. Now at the front lines of cultivating diversified strategies for resitance, the Kayapó are creating a powerful activist base, experimenting with non-timber forest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Native Peoples of the Americas
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816533541
SKU
V9780816533541
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About Laura Zanotti
Laura Zanotti is an associate professor of anthropology at Purdue University. She is the co-editor of Negotiating Territoriality: Spatial Dialogues Between State and Tradition. She is an environmental anthropologist who partners with communities to examine how local livelihoods and well-being can be sustained in a just future. She has partnered with the Kayapó, an indigenous community in Brazil, for ... Read more
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